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John E. Clifford wrote:
> We're actually on about Logjam vii going back to 1955.  That is the direc=
t line with JCB or LLG in charge.  I know of maybe half a  dozen spinoffs, =
none of the very active, and I don't know what has happened over at Loglan.=
 We're about par for the course, with Lojban as a more successful Ido.  Loj=
ban took some, but not all, of the next Loglan suggestions, added a few new=
 ones, and threw out a few things.  And has done more alteration since.
> {zilni,'I} is still linked to logical necessity, which is rarely the inte=
resting case (all S5 and the like).

Jim Carter's guaspi was the first attempt to reform Lojban, though=20
Prothero threw in planb at some point.

The bottom line is that we've learned how hard it is to deisgn and=20
document a language.  I don't think the project could complete a new=20
complete do-over (and remember that Lojban was itself never intended to=20
be a complete do-over, but an evasion of JCB's intellectual property=20
claims - we re-did a lot as a result, but maintaining the conceptual=20
status quo was a top priority).

If it ever is done, a re-do should be done by a mass of fluent=20
Lojbanists working solely in that language to prevent malglico and as=20
much malrarna as possible.

lojbab

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