Why “children,” not “childs”? (2016)

Re:Why “children,” not “childs”? (2016) by notahacker on Sunday May 27, 2018 @05:21PM (#17169167)

Its uneasy coexistence with the usually-technically-valid-and-occasionally-preferred persons is the real problem. Peoples is pretty rare and only for the specific case where it's referring to a plurality of tribes/nations as peoples...

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Re:Why “children,” not “childs”? (2016) by jMyles on Sunday May 27, 2018 @05:27PM (#17169191)

Still - I'm pretty sure I encounter the word "peoples" more frequently than the word "datum." :-)

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Re:Why “children,” not “childs”? (2016) by whatsstolat on Sunday May 27, 2018 @06:02PM (#17169334)

I see the word datum often in code

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Re:Why “children,” not “childs”? (2016) by jMyles on Monday May 28, 2018 @12:16PM (#17173201)

Yeah? I don't. And it doesn't seem like a great name in code. Link me to some examples?

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