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rmunntoday at 2:47 AM0 repliesview on HN

"M." is the French abbreviation for "monsieur", the equivalent of "Mr." in English. So "M. Chazelas" is the correct way to politely refer to Stéphane Chazelas by his last name, since he's French. (Not that writing "Mr. Chazalas" would be wrong either when writing in English, but "M. Chazelas" is entirely correct).