From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Sun May 09 19:42:10 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 09 May 2004 19:42:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.31) id 1BN0k0-0000ha-2I for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 09 May 2004 19:42:04 -0700 Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 19:42:04 -0700 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: jbovlaste lujvo definitions -- opinions wanted. Message-ID: <20040510024204.GV5570@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20040509174041.GJ5570@digitalkingdom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 7733 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 Sun, May 09, 2004 at 09:44:41PM +0200, Arnt Richard Johansen wrote: > On Sun, 9 May 2004, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > > In http://www.lojban.org/jbovlaste/help/definitions.html I tell > > people to write definitions like > > > > d_1=b_1 bitches/whines/expresses anguish about d_2 with > > utterance/sound(s) b_2 > > > > rather than > > > > x_2=d_1=b_1 bitches/whines/expresses anguish about x_2=d_2 with > > utterance/sound(s) x_3=b_2 > > > > I have since decided that the latter is more readable, because it > > lets the reader know at a glance how many places there are, and > > which place is where, without having to count them. > > I definitely prefer the former in most cases, because of aesthetics > (which translates to ease of reading). Let me double-check: you find a definition that does not include the numbers of the places to be *more* readable? -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. "Many philosophical problems are caused by such things as the simple inability to shut up." -- David Stove, liberally paraphrased. http://www.lojban.org/ *** loi pimlu na srana .i ti rokci morsi