From kde-devel  Wed Mar 29 21:46:46 2000
From: David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 21:46:46 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: Difference between i18n and i10n
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On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 11:39:22PM +0200, Antonio Larrosa wrote:
> David Faure wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I just wondered why the directories are called i10n in
> > > kdebase, and what the difference to i18n is....
> > 
> > l10n = localization (country-specific settings such as how to represent
> >            numbers, dates, money, ...)
> > i18n = internationalization (translations)
> 
> Btw, does anybody knows why are they called with those names ?
> I've been wondering for a long time :-)

Hehe, yes.
Count the number of letters between the starting and the ending
letter, in both words ;-)

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