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> In practise, therefore, trying to optimise all parts of a program means doing a so-so job on all parts of a programme.

This reads as if the author had suddenly remembered he's British halfway through the sentence. Quite jarring.

(Not to mention that 'practise' is a verb.)



Mea culpa! Fixed with thanks.




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