On Wed, 2023-05-24 at 07:32 +0900, Michael Paquier 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%.
That uses "ANSI C" as an adjective, which I think is sloppy wording (even though English is somewhat relaxed about the distinction between classes of words). How about: "... was written completely in ANSI C ..." Yours, Laurenz Albe
