Posted Jul 12, 2002 by Cefpret
Then what does the i18n denote? It's used really everywhere as a word meaning 'internationalisation'. But how does it fit into the scheme?
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Posted Jul 12, 2002 by Cefpret
I wonder this for months, put the question, and then I see it: Of course 'nternationalisatio' has 18 characters. 
Maybe mention that in the article? Or isn't that part of this language?
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Posted Jul 12, 2002 by Thrid
This I've never heard of before  I don't think it's l33t, though. It's probably just something somebody came up with because they were tired of typing such a long word (l33t tends to make things harder to type rather than easier).  But then that's just a guess, anybody else know anything more about it?
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Posted Jul 12, 2002 by Cefpret
Altavista: l33t -- 61.000 hits. i18n -- 350.000 hits. So, it has some significance. 
However, I admit that highly probably they have nothing to do with each other. I found no site where both show up. It may well be that the inventor of i18n was aware of l33t, but even then it's not the same philosophy.
But I thank you that you inspired me to find the deeper secret of this odd i18n thing.
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