Return-Path: Message-Id: <9205250515.AA04507@relay1.UU.NET> Date: Mon May 25 06:59:29 1992 Reply-To: cbmvax!uunet!viikki21.helsinki.fi!vilva Sender: Lojban list From: cbmvax!uunet!VIIKKI21.HELSINKI.FI!VILVA Subject: Re: calling all nay sayers, we want opinions quick! To: John Cowan , Eric Raymond , Eric Tiedemann Status: RO X-Status: X-From-Space-Date: Mon May 25 06:59:29 1992 X-From-Space-Address: cbmvax!uunet!CUVMA.BITNET!LOJBAN After weighing the proposal and the opinions expressed I am in favour of the proposal. > So the pros are increased expressivity, including some identifiably > useful forms, and some increase of regularity. It always pays to eliminate all unnecessary irregularities. > The cons are that this > is a change to a well-learned language feature, a real relearning > problem that can be minimized but not eliminated, and that we may open > some semantic nightmares that we might wish to avoid. I am not relearning so it is no problem for me. I think it is easier to cope with the nightmares if the language is more regular. Veijo