The result will be that not far out in the future, for all practical purposes, standards based apps may match the performance of native apps.

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Knowledge about basic maintenance of a car will now be a feature of the practical test set by the Driving Standards Agency.

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But in between a host of practical problems arise in deciding which rules and standards are mutually acceptable.

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Letting the states determine their own standards, they argue, is a far more practical policy.

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The NGOs agreed that the resulting standards were rigorous, the companies agreed they were practical, and all agreed they would help protect the rights of factory workers.

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