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From Peter Geoghegan
Subject Re: [DOCS] "data" not "datums"
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In response to Re: [DOCS] "data" not "datums"  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Peter Eisentraut
<peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> "datum" means something specific in PostgreSQL, and several of those are
> most usefully "datums".  "data" doesn't really convey the same meaning here.

We're not the first one to use "datums" like this. I think of it as
being like the use of "people" versus the use of "persons".

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Peter Geoghegan

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