From: "Guy N. Hurst" <gnhurst@...>
Date: 2001-03-07T02:26:04+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:12162] Re: Is Ruby japanese-centered?

Nick Bensema wrote:
> ...
> >Anyway, can anyone be so kind to enlighten me on what m17n stands for, and
> >how it come to be that i18n means internationalization (more than the
> >strongly felt need to save typing:-))?
> 
> internationalization = i + 18 letters + n = i18n.
> 
> So, m17n obviously means Matsumototification.
> 

;-)

Or try Multilingualization 

I found the following:

"M17N - Abbreviation of Multilingualization. Many-languages-izing. 
The structure for treating simultaneously the language with 
which plurality is different is offered."

cf. "M17N/I18N for Ruby" (glossary half-way down)
Japanese: http://www.inac.co.jp/~maki/ruby/ruby-i18n.html
Translated:
http://www.excite.co.jp/world/url/body/?wb_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inac.co.jp%2F%7Emaki%2Fruby%2Fruby-i18n.html&submit=%83E%83F%83u%83y%81%5B%83W%96%7C%96%F3&wb_lp=JAEN&wb_dis=2&wb_co=excitejapan


Guy N. Hurst


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