From: Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...>
Date: 2003-03-22T05:43:50+09:00
Subject: Re: [EG] Time::INFINITY

On Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 05:38:19AM +0900, Daniel Berger wrote:

> > Could it be [EX] for "Example"?  I can't imagine what [EG] could mean.
> > I'm sure that it comes from 'e.g.' in English, but I don't know where
> > 'e.g.' comes from either.
> 
> It's Latin for 'exempli gratia', which means "for example".

Thanks.  I had been wondering about that.


> 'EX' makes sense, but only if English is your native language.  Of 
> course, I have no idea if "e.g." is regularly used (or used at all) in 
> other languages.

Well, since ruby-talk is an English mailing list, I think this is 
reasonable.  Just the same way that [Q] makes sense for 'question' and 
'ann' makes sense for 'announcement' only if you speak English.

BTW, in Spanish people don't use 'e.g.'.  People use 'ej.' for 'ejemplo'.  
I would expect that other romance languages are similar.

-- 
Daniel Carrera
Graduate Teaching Assistant.  Math Dept.
University of Maryland.  (301) 405-5137