From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:27:41 +0000 From: Eris Discordia To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1ba6e8a9a350cde0750da5e233feac13@9netics.com> References: <1ba6e8a9a350cde0750da5e233feac13@9netics.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: [9fans] Go Topicbox-Message-UUID: 995fdb16-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > arabic numeral 9 is very close: =DB=B9 Puny pedantry: that's a(n) Hindi/Indic numeral. 9 is already an "Arabic=20 numeral." If playing on numerals is allowed why shouldn't they call it IXgo or even=20 Kyuugo? --On Tuesday, November 10, 2009 22:47 -0800 Skip Tavakkolian=20 <9nut@9netics.com> wrote: >> Another thorny >> issue is what to name the package, since you can't start a >> package name with a digit. > > arabic numeral 9 is very close: =DB=B9 > >