From sentto-44114-23092-1095888415-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Wed Sep 22 14:27:59 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:27:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n4.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.88]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CAEe7-0003mO-Uv for lojban-in@lojban.org; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:27:28 -0700 Received: from [66.218.66.27] by n4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 22 Sep 2004 21:26:55 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: groups-email X-Sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 44081 invoked from network); 22 Sep 2004 21:26:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.172) by m21.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 22 Sep 2004 21:26:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.reutershealth.com) (65.246.141.36) by mta4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 22 Sep 2004 21:26:54 -0000 Received: from skunk.reutershealth.com (mail [65.246.141.36]) by mail.reutershealth.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA05339; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:19:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:26:39 -0400 To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com Message-ID: <20040922212639.GC21102@skunk.reutershealth.com> References: <8a.15bd704a.2e82b504@wmconnect.com> <20040922182413.GK1650@chain.digitalkingdom.org> In-Reply-To: <20040922182413.GK1650@chain.digitalkingdom.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 65.246.141.36 From: John Cowan 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: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:26:39 -0400 Subject: [lojban] Re: fractions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 8660 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list Robin Lee Powell scripsit: > I personally loathe fi'u, because it's in PA instead of VUhU, which > makes things not work as you'd expect at *all*. For example, (1+2) > over (2+3) can't be done using fi'u: Fi'u is meant to be used to make simple fractions, not for generalized division. It's so you can say things like three-and-a-half without worrying about operator priority. -- Where the wombat has walked, John Cowan it will inevitably walk again. http://www.ccil.org/~cowan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/GSaulB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/