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 .SH RATIONALE
 
-The dd(1p) utility specified in POSIX was the basis of this program.
-
-It includes additional features: typical option formatting, allowing seeks to be
-specified in bytes rather than in blocks, allowing arbitrary bytes as padding, 
-and printing in a format that’s easy to parse for machines. It also neglects
-character conversion. This may have been the original intent of dd(1p) but it is
-irrelevant to its modern use as a disk utility.
+This program was based on the dd(1p) utility as specified in POSIX. While
+character conversion may have been the original intent of dd(1p), it is
+irrelevant to its modern use. Because of this, it eschews character conversion
+and adds typical option formatting, allowing seeks to be specified in bytes
+rather than in blocks, allowing arbitrary bytes as padding, and printing in a
+format that’s easy to parse for machines.
 
 .SH COPYRIGHT