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 Performance
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-* [During type unification, the complexity of comparing variables for
-  equivalance was reduced from `O(n!)` to `O(n)`][1.9tu]. This leads
-  to major compile-time improvements in some scenarios.
+* [The time complexity of comparing variables for equivalence during type 
+  unification is reduced from _O_(_n_!) to _O_(_n_)][1.9tu]. This leads
+  to major compilation time improvement in some scenarios.
 * [`ToString` is specialized for `str`, giving it the same performance
   as `to_owned`][1.9ts].
 * [Spawning processes with `Command::output` no longer creates extra