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Author skrah
Recipients Retro, docs@python, dontknow, ezio.melotti, georg.brandl, skrah, terry.reedy
Date 2012-01-21.20:35:34
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> ... with *n*th (italic n) as alternate form

Knuth uses that in TAOCP, too. I think with or without italics it's
the most frequently used form overall.

Also the Lisp function is called nth and not n-th, even though in Lisp
it is possible to use hyphens in function names.
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2012-01-21 20:35:35skrahsetrecipients: + skrah, georg.brandl, terry.reedy, ezio.melotti, Retro, docs@python, dontknow
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