Re: [Minor] Wording in "2.2. Concepts"

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
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Subject: Re: [Minor] Wording in "2.2. Concepts"
Date: 2026-09-28 19:25:15
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> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/tutorial-concepts.html
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> Where it says "A more modern development is the object-oriented database."
> it should say "Another development is the object-oriented database.".
>
> "more modern" seems to imply "better" which may not be the case. "Another"
> would be more accurate in my opinion.
>
>
It does seem a bit odd to call something modern/recent but to not update
the section for 20+ years. I don’t like this specific change though, it’s
not obviously better than just leaving the status quo (and it doesn’t read
well). Modern can just mean “more recent”.

David J.

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