>Date: Mon, 7 Feb 94 16:24:18 PST
>From: conklin@ngai.kaleida.com (J.T. Conklin)

>We have a bug filed against the "joke" in the BUGS section of the
>ctime(3) manpage.  It reads:
>
>     Avoid using out-of-range values with mktime() when setting up
>     lunch with promptness sticklers in Riyadh.
>
>Normally, I'm inclined to keep the jokes (I was upset when Sun removed
>them from their manpages), but I think that this one may be
>misinterpreted by people of Arab descent.
>
>What do the rest of you think?

I think you should leave it alone, being the anti-PC curmudgeon that I
am.  However, if the majority feel that it has to be changed, then I
think that removing the "in Riyadh" part should be sufficient.  The
joke would still mostly be there, but no one could be offended by a
generic 'promptness sticklers'.

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