From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Wed Sep 22 13:21:50 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:21:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CADc7-0002KS-TX for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:21:20 -0700 Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:21:19 -0700 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: fractions vs. decimals Message-ID: <20040922202119.GO1650@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040722i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 8655 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 Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 04:15:54PM -0400, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote: > That pretty much makes my point. Fractions should *not* be represented > primarily by their decimal (or other base) equivalents. It's a matter of preference, nothing more. I'd rather see pi mu than fi'u re, but I'd rather see fi'u ze than the pi expansion for it. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!"