| From: | Gavin Flower <GavinFlower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz> |
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| To: | Vik Fearing <vik(dot)fearing(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: password_encryption, default and 'plain' support |
| Date: | 2017-05-06 10:56:06 |
| Message-ID: | 2dd6c72f-e692-de68-15d1-9f55cd751b4f@archidevsys.co.nz |
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On 06/05/17 22:44, Vik Fearing wrote:
> On 05/05/2017 02:42 PM, Michael Paquier wrote:
>> + This option is obsolete but still accepted for backwards
>> + compatibility.
>> Isn't that incorrect English?
> No.
>
>> It seems to me that this be non-plural,
>> as "for backward compatibility".
> "Backwards" is not plural, it's a regional variation of "backward" (or
> vice versa depending on which region you come from). Both are correct.
>
I am English, born & bred, and 'Backwards' feels a lot more natural to me.
Cheers,
Gavin
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