Merge pull request #1189 from xexyl/1985-sicherman-alt

1985/sicherman/README.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ Col. G. L. Sicherman
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+NOTE: there is an [alternate version](#alternate-code) for those who have an old
+enough compiler or have a compiler that supports the option `-traditional-cpp`.
+
 ## To use:
 
 ```sh