From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Fri Nov 14 11:08:40 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:08:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.22) id 1AKjJ5-0007jV-Ra for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:08:35 -0800 Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:08:35 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: COI, UI (was Re: cfari) Message-ID: <20031114190835.GV15718@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20031114184304.GT15718@digitalkingdom.org> <20031114190106.23490.qmail@web41904.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031114190106.23490.qmail@web41904.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 6677 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:01:06AM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote: > > --- Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 04:37:17AM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote: > > > I don't see numbers containing letters or lerfu strings with > > > numbers used much or at all. It would be better to have to add > > > glue for those rather than forcing boi in the above > > > situations. > > > > It's going to get used a lot in math, very likely. > > I don't think that convenience in a hypothetical math usage should > trump convenience in everyday usage. Granted. > Still, strings with numbers would remain easy: {uburebu} instead > of {ubure} for U2, and there is no arbitrary restriction to the > number being in first position: {cibumy} for 3M. > Numbers with letters as digits would not be so straightforward, > but what would they be used for? The usual talk of using letters > for the units of dimensioned numbers is nonsense because units > don't work like that in Lojban. I've never heard 'the usual talk'. You mean things like "li pa re my" for 12 meters? -Robin -- Me: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. "Constant neocortex override is the only thing that stops us all from running out and eating all the cookies." -- Eliezer Yudkowsky http://www.lojban.org/ *** .i cimo'o prali .ui