Tom Lane wrote:
> [Dept of swatting flies with sledgehammers]
> I'd say that the use of "index" in database work clearly falls under
> sense 5b, and so "indexes" is the usual plural according to the OED.
As a volume of the OED is about the weight of a small sledgehammer, that
fly is one dead pupp
> [Dept of swatting flies with sledgehammers]
>
> Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > One of these days we should decide on a spelling of "indexes" vs
> > "indices".
>
> I'd vote for "indexes", first on the practical grounds that it's a more
> sensible spelling, and secondly on the
[Dept of swatting flies with sledgehammers]
Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> One of these days we should decide on a spelling of "indexes" vs
> "indices".
I'd vote for "indexes", first on the practical grounds that it's a more
sensible spelling, and secondly on the grounds that the
