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
