Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 17:13:25 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
cc: eldredge AT ap DOT net, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Suggestion: Portability section for libc docs
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On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, DJ Delorie wrote:

> I guess this boils down to "what's the portability section for?"
> 
> Here's my opinion: it's for people who want to write portable code.
> Those people need to know not only how djgpp does it (the regular
> docs) but also enough information to decide if they want to avoid a
> particular function because of portability reasons.  This section
> should have enough information to make that decision, and no more.

I agree with DJ 100% on this one.