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		pvitz on Feb 18, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: C4: C in Four Functions (2014) Because e.g. pc and sp are exactly the abbreviations used in assembler for some decades?

gmfawcett on Feb 18, 2020 [–]

We should probably mention that "e.g." is an abbreviation for the Latin "exempli gratia", and means "for example." ;-)

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