Aging Standards

[Mike Frysinger]

On 26 Oct 2014 00:06, ricaljasan wrote:
> In chapter Error Reporting, section Error Messages, there is the
> following note:
> 
> @strong{Compatibility Note:} The @code{strerror} function was introduced
> in @w{ISO C89}.  Many older C systems do not support this function yet.
> 
> Given that the standard is now a quarter-century old and thrice revised,
> is it still reasonable to expect that an older C system which does not
> support the strerror function will, at some point?  Also, are there
> "many"?  Perhaps we could say:
> 
> Some older C systems do not support this function.
> 
> which fulfills the purpose of the compatibility note.

looks like i independently noticed & fixed this by deleting it :)
-mike
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