From Pycyn@xxx.xxx Tue Jan 4 08:56:16 2000
X-Digest-Num: 329
Message-ID: <44114.329.1787.959273825@eGroups.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 11:56:16 EST
From: Pycyn@xxx.xxx
Subject: Re: Some peripheral notes on Legalese Lojban

Protothinker is produced by Wadsworth Publishing (div. of International 
Thomson) so meant mainly as for school use. It is the work of John Barker of 
Southern Illinois U at Edwardsville Philosophy Department, who used to live 
just down the street from me (and so now is 5 miles away). I have talked to 
him about a project using his gizmo as a part of a machine English to Lojban 
translator and he was at least open to the thought, but we did not pursue it. 
That was maybe five years ago, with a earlier version of PT. There is also 
a PT website that serves as a clearinghouse for information about projects 
using PT: www.ptproject.ilstu.edu/pt/index.htm. They might supply some 
willing hands. I think the translation part is adequate for the logic, the 
rest may need the usual massages.
pc