Re: Indexes vs indices

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Indexes vs indices
Date: 2001-04-02 16:58:52
Message-ID: 200104021658.MAA19640@candle.pha.pa.us
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> [Dept of swatting flies with sledgehammers]
>
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> 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 Oxford English
> Dictionary agrees. Its entry for the noun index has:
>

I never liked indices. I like indexes.

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