--- ./doc/en/programming.orig	2003-01-24 18:23:58.000000000 -0600
+++ ./doc/en/programming.texi	2003-01-24 18:21:53.000000000 -0600
@@ -3950,7 +3950,7 @@
 memory, whichever is smaller. :@minus{})
 
 When trying to write programs portable to other EP compilers, it is
-however save to assume a limit of about 32 KB. At least Prospero's
+however safe to assume a limit of about 32 KB. At least Prospero's
 Extended Pascal compiler limits strings to 32760 bytes. DEC Pascal
 limits strings to 65535 bytes.