A simple proof is given for the fact that for
$m$ a non-negative integer, a function
$f\,\in \,{{C}^{(m)}}\,(\mathbb{R})$ , and an arbitrary positive continuous function
$\in$ , there is an entire function
$g$ such that
$\left| {{g}^{(i)}}(x)\,-\,{{f}^{(i)}}(x) \right|\,<\,\in (x)$ , for all
$x\,\in \,\mathbb{R}$ and for each
$i\,=\,0,\,1\,.\,.\,.\,,\,m$ . We also consider the situation where
$\mathbb{R}$ is replaced by an open interval.