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Chad Perrin writes:

>  > I read once that:  "The difference between the lab and the real 
>  > world is that, in the lab, there is no difference."  I wish I
>  > had noted the source.
>  
>  The way I'd heard that sentiment was slightly different:
>  
>    "In theory, theory and practice are the same.  In practice, they
>    aren't."
>  
>  . . . or something to that effect.

	"The difference between theory and practice, in theory, is much
	smaller than the difference between theory and practice, in
	practice."


					Robert Huff