From sentto-44114-21841-1080319657-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Fri Mar 26 08:48:22 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 26 Mar 2004 08:48:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from n27.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.83]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B6uV6-0001JR-DF for lojban-in@lojban.org; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 08:48:08 -0800 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-21841-1080319657-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.198] by n27.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 26 Mar 2004 16:47:37 -0000 X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 80702 invoked from network); 26 Mar 2004 16:47:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 26 Mar 2004 16:47:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lakemtao01.cox.net) (68.1.17.244) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 Mar 2004 16:47:13 -0000 Received: from bob.lojban.org ([68.228.12.146]) by lakemtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.08 201-253-122-130-108-20031117) with ESMTP id <20040326164647.QTHC26108.lakemtao01.cox.net@bob.lojban.org> for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 11:46:47 -0500 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20040326113834.030ae480@pop.east.cox.net> X-Sender: lojbab@pop.east.cox.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: <20040325175346.21000.qmail@web41904.mail.yahoo.com> References: <200403251231.27981.phma@webjockey.net> X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 68.1.17.244 From: Bob LeChevalier X-Yahoo-Profile: lojbab MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@yahoogroups.com; contact lojban-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 11:40:45 -0500 Subject: [lojban] Re: fi'u was Re:lanzu usage Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis X-archive-position: 7345 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: lojbab@lojban.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list At 09:53 AM 3/25/04 -0800, Jorge "Llambías" wrote: >We should change the grammar from: > > number = PA [PA | lerfu-word] ... > lerfu-string = lerfu-word [PA | lerfu-word] ... > >to: > > number = PA ... > lerfu-string = lerfu-word ... > >Adding numbers to lerfu strings would remain relatively easy >using {PA bu}. Letters as digits don't make much sense anyway. >They are certainly not worth the trouble in boi's that they >cost us. Tell it to the people who came up with the idea of using letters for hex digits. Lojban has cmavo for the 6 hex digits, but for higher bases, it seems that history has indicated the use of lerfu as the convention. -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, Founder, The Logical Language Group (Opinions are my own; I do not speak for the organization.) Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lojban/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: lojban-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/