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Tex,
Here is my recollection:
Sometime around 1991 in a IEEE P1003.1 (POSIX) meeting, Gary Miller (IBM)
was writing on the blackboard. After having spelled out
Internationalization a few times, he first abbreviated it to I--n and a bit
later (obviously after counting the letters in between) used I18N. Sandra
might have been at the meeting, and Keld - they might be able to confirm my
recollection.
L10N did not show up until quite some time later. I have no idea who used
it first.
Regards
Arnold
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From: Tex Texin [mailto:tex@i18nguy.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 2:02 AM
To: NE Localization SIG; Unicoders
Subject: Historians- what is origin of i18n, l10n, etc.?
I was asked about the origin of these acronyms. Does anyone know who
created these or where they were first used?
tex
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