Return-Path: <@FINHUTC.HUT.FI:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from FINHUTC.hut.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #14) id m0pfyiF-0000R2C; Mon, 14 Mar 94 00:32 EET Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 3424; Mon, 14 Mar 94 00:32:34 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 3422; Mon, 14 Mar 1994 00:32:35 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 7954; Sun, 13 Mar 1994 23:31:32 +0100 Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 17:34:14 EST Reply-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: Jorge Llambias Subject: Re: The Mad Proposals X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 905 Lines: 22 la lojbab cusku di'e > For changes like > the Mad Proposals, I suspect this would cause major examination of the > existingf language description because the connectives are so strongly > findamental to the language as it is designed and has been actually used. > A simple global search-and-replace will not do. As far as Lojban text is concerned, a simple search-and-replace will suffice. All proposals involve a simple replacement of one word for another. (The single most common change would be {gi'e} to {gije}.) As for the reference grammar papers, the connectives paper would be greatly affected, and this is where most of the work involved would be. The other papers may need very minor changes, mostly of the search-and-replace type. I haven't looked at the lessons lately, so I don't know how much updating they would need. I will try to make an assessment in terms of megabytes. :) Jorge