| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> |
| Cc: | David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: "an SQL" vs. "a SQL" |
| Date: | 2021-06-10 14:53:26 |
| Message-ID: | 1570749.1623336806@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> writes:
> On 2021-Jun-10, David Rowley wrote:
>> It seems we have no standard as to if we say "a SQL" or "an SQL".
> I was just reading the standard a couple of days ago and happened to
> notice that the standard itself in some places uses "a SQL" and in other
> places "an SQL". I didn't stop to make an analysis of that, so I don't
> know how prevalent each form is -- I just giggled and moved on.
Indeed. I think this is entirely pointless; there's zero hope that
any consistency you might establish right now will persist very long.
The largest effect of this proposed patch will be to create
back-patching headaches.
regards, tom lane
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