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Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 17:02:40 -0700
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: The long-awaited portability docs
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Nate Eldredge wrote:

> >  - Didn't we agree that ANSI implies POSIX, and therefore there's no
> >    need to mention both in ANSI functions?
> 
> But I think there may be cases where POSIX gives different functionality
> than ANSI, such as `remove'.  Anyway, I lean toward the multitable
> output format, in which case they should both be marked.

Actually, thinking again, it does make sense for mkdoc to assume all
other targets are supported if ANSI is, unless otherwise noted.  But I
really don't want to go through and take out all those POSIXes.  :)
-- 

Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com