dnl ** are we big endian?
AC_C_BIGENDIAN
# Allay users' general fear of warnings of any kind.
-errprint((fptools configure script wizard sez: "don't worry, the above warning is harmless (to us.)")
+errprint(fptools configure script wizard sez: autoconf-2.50 or later should produce no warnings
+)
+errprint(if you are using 2.13 or earlier, you may get a (harmless) warning message.
)
dnl ** check for leading underscores in symbol names