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satvikpendemyesterday at 4:58 PM3 repliesview on HN

They know, hence why they used e.g., i.e. exempli gratia


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woodruffwyesterday at 5:38 PM

I don't think that's really clear. I think we could both defer to the OP clarifying.

For pedantry's sake: neither i.e. nor e.g. would be correct here. You want cf. ("conferatur") to invite a comparison; e.g. is when an example pertains to an instance. In this case uv would not pertain to the instance, because Astro is not Astral.

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725686yesterday at 5:47 PM

For the perplex:

e.g. is latin for "exempli gratia" = for example i.e. is latin for "id est" = that is

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thayneyesterday at 5:55 PM

I'm not sure. I wouldn't generally call Astro a "dev tool". It's more of a framework.

It's possible you are right, but it isn't clear from the content of the comment.

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