--- handy.h.orig
+++ handy.h
@@ -77,41 +77,8 @@ Null SV pointer. (No longer available wh
 #  endif
 #endif
 
-/* bool is built-in for g++-2.6.3 and later, which might be used
-   for extensions.  <_G_config.h> defines _G_HAVE_BOOL, but we can't
-   be sure _G_config.h will be included before this file.  _G_config.h
-   also defines _G_HAVE_BOOL for both gcc and g++, but only g++
-   actually has bool.  Hence, _G_HAVE_BOOL is pretty useless for us.
-   g++ can be identified by __GNUG__.
-   Andy Dougherty	February 2000
-*/
-#ifdef __GNUG__		/* GNU g++ has bool built-in */
-#  ifndef HAS_BOOL
-#    define HAS_BOOL 1
-#  endif
-#endif
-
-/* The NeXT dynamic loader headers will not build with the bool macro
-   So declare them now to clear confusion.
-*/
-#if defined(NeXT) || defined(__NeXT__)
-# undef FALSE
-# undef TRUE
-  typedef enum bool { FALSE = 0, TRUE = 1 } bool;
-# define ENUM_BOOL 1
-# ifndef HAS_BOOL
-#  define HAS_BOOL 1
-# endif /* !HAS_BOOL */
-#endif /* NeXT || __NeXT__ */
-
-#ifndef HAS_BOOL
-# if defined(UTS) || defined(VMS)
-#  define bool int
-# else
-#  define bool char
-# endif
-# define HAS_BOOL 1
-#endif
+#define HAS_BOOL 1
+#include <stdbool.h>
 
 /* a simple (bool) cast may not do the right thing: if bool is defined
  * as char for example, then the cast from int is implementation-defined