From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Wed Oct 29 13:37:29 2008 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:37:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KvHnF-0007Hc-Dd for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:37:29 -0700 Received: from earth.ccil.org ([192.190.237.11]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KvHn1-0007Ek-Bl; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:37:17 -0700 Received: from cowan by earth.ccil.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KvHn0-0000TK-7a; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:37:14 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:37:14 -0400 To: lojban-list@lojban.org, llg-members@lojban.org, lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: [llg-members] Re: Re: A challenge for computer science/programming geeks: The LLG wants to give you $500! Message-ID: <20081029203714.GA1356@mercury.ccil.org> References: <20081028215134.GK31434@digitalkingdom.org> <925d17560810281730t6ab2f3c3i860e7b086de5aa4c@mail.gmail.com> <20081029005927.GH26657@digitalkingdom.org> <925d17560810281820m5bf3844ey27fd29da6e44a716@mail.gmail.com> <20081029012419.GM26657@digitalkingdom.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081029012419.GM26657@digitalkingdom.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: John Cowan X-Spam-Score: -0.2 X-Spam-Score-Int: -1 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 14884 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: cowan@ccil.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list Robin Lee Powell scripsit: > I don't believe, but am not certain, that that is possible. That > is, I believe that if there is more than one way to generate a > string, you've describe an ambiguous language, and that such a > description would not, in fact, describe Lojban. The fact that there exists an ambiguous grammar for a language is no evidence one way or another about the existence of an unambiguous grammar for the same language. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org http://ccil.org/~cowan Rather than making ill-conceived suggestions for improvement based on uninformed guesses about established conventions in a field of study with which familiarity is limited, it is sometimes better to stick to merely observing the usage and listening to the explanations offered, inserting only questions as needed to fill in gaps in understanding. --Peter Constable To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.