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1081 "Modern English is sometimes described as the global lingua franca.[1][2] English is the dominant international language in communications, science, business, aviation, entertainment, radio and diplomacy.[3] The influence of the British Empire is the primary reason for the initial spread of the language far beyond the British Isles.[4] Following World War II, the growing economic and cultural influence of the United States has significantly accelerated the spread of the language.\n" +
1181 "Scots developed ? largely independently ? from the same origins, but following the Acts of Union 1707 a process of language attrition began, whereby successive generations adopted more and more features from English causing dialectalisation. Whether it is now a separate language or a dialect of English better described as Scottish English is in dispute. The pronunciation, grammar and lexis of the traditional forms differ, sometimes substantially, from other varieties of English.\n" +
3254 "* Contents, described in more detail in \"description of public routines\" below.\n" +
4053 " as described above and below and save them in a malloc.h file. But\n" +
4100 " options in mallopt described below.\n" +
5138 " described in e.g., Knuth or Standish. (See the paper by Paul\n" +
5683 " /* Normal bins packed as described above */\n" +
