Re: Typo

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Cc: pspung(at)northcarolina(dot)edu, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Typo
Date: 2023-05-23 23:44:26
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On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 3:32 PM Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> wrote:

> On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 08:52:25PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> > There appears to be a typo, here:
> >
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/history.html#:~:text=Postgres95%20code%20was%20completely%20ANSI%20C
> .
> > A word or two should be added between 'completely' and 'ANSI C', such as
> > 're-written in', or 're-coded using', or some such.
>
> This is the current sentence, and it sounds kind of OK to me, FWIW:
> "Postgres95 code was completely ANSI C and trimmed in size by 25%.
>
>
I agree with the OP, that is missing something. Maybe:

Between the 4.2 release and the release of Postgres95 the code was made to
completely adhere to ANSI C and the size was reduced by 25%.

David J.

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