From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Wed Jan 26 12:48:45 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:48:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1Ctu5e-0005Gb-MI for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:48:38 -0800 Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:48:38 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: minimal lojban Message-ID: <20050126204838.GI20235@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20050126132740.61853.qmail@web41903.mail.yahoo.com> <20050126194142.GT20235@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <390791C4-6FD8-11D9-82AB-000A95C58224@xahlee.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <390791C4-6FD8-11D9-82AB-000A95C58224@xahlee.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 9349 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, Jan 26, 2005 at 12:24:04PM -0800, xah lee wrote: > > Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > If a minimal Lojban includes tanru, you *must* have one or the > > other, or you lose expressive power. As it seems to me that the > > goas here is to produce a Kernel Language for Lojban (that is, > > the most minimal set of Lojban from which all the rest of Lojban > > can be described as just shortcuts), you don't want to lose > > expressive power. > > Robin described my mind... I'm a genius! The Human Level AI problem is solved! *speaking from offstage* What? Oh. Nevermind. > (i don't think lojban is ever suitable for human communication as > with natural languages. Erm. Those of us on IRC seem to do just fine. Do you have any basis for that opinion? -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/