Return-Path: Resent-From: cbmvax!uunet!PICA.ARMY.MIL!protin Resent-Message-Id: <9108091510.AA15692@relay1.UU.NET> 1 Nov 90 17:36 EST Message-Id: <9011011210.25742@munnari.oz.au> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 90 21:49:50 +0800 From: Major To: lojban-list@snark.thyrsus.com Subject: response to J. Prothero book review and comments of 12 Oct 90 Sender: cbmvax!uunet!pta.oz.au!major Resent-Date: Fri, 9 Aug 91 11:02:37 EDT Resent-To: John Cowan Status: RO X-From-Space-Date: Fri Aug 9 15:03:22 1991 X-From-Space-Address: cbmvax!uunet!PICA.ARMY.MIL!protin lojbab@snark.thyrsus.com (Bob LeChevalier) writes: > Sheldon Linker has claimed that he could do a Lojban conversing > program with heuristic 'understanding' a la HAL 9000 in 5 man-years. If this is true, then he should be able to do English in 6; understanding the chaos of natural language would not be particularly difficult after understanding the chaos of natural thought. > This is, in my mind, of comparable difficulty to a heuristic translation > program. Yes, all such stuff would be simple if we just had 'understanding'. Major +--------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | Domain: major@pta.oz.au | Phone: + 61 9 474-2600 | | UUCP: {uunet,hplabs,ukc}!munnari!pta.oz.au!major | Fax: + 61 9 474-1221 | | Mail: Box T1680 GPO, Perth WA 6001, Australia | TZ: UTC-8 | +--------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ Incendiarati non carborundum: Don't let the flamers grind you down.