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Posted to general@jakarta.apache.org by Gunnar R|nning <gu...@candleweb.no> on 2000/03/28 10:01:49 UTC

Re: (ANNOUNCE) Alexandria 0.0.3 now with Java Cross Reference (JXR) Engine.

Jose Alberto Fernandez <jo...@us.oracle.com> writes:

> 
> BTW, Alexandria was not a Library but a city. And not in Grece but in Egipt.
> The Library of Alexandria was the most famous library of Acient times. From
> the Enciclopedia Britannica:
> 
> http://search.britannica.com/bcom/search/results/metaindex/1,5845,1103765+Alexandria%252C%2BLibrary%2Bof,00.html
> 

That's right, but the city is named after the Macedonian/Greek(always a hot
topic) hero Alexander the Great. BTW. Alexandria is pronounced "Skyndria"
in Arabic.

Salam, 

	Gunnar