Return-Path: Received: from kantti.helsinki.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0rKqNS-00007MC; Thu, 22 Dec 94 18:28 EET Received: from fiport.funet.fi (fiport.funet.fi [128.214.109.150]) by kantti.helsinki.fi (8.6.9/8.6.5) with ESMTP id SAA20902 for ; Thu, 22 Dec 1994 18:28:29 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (MAILER@SEARN) by FIPORT.FUNET.FI (PMDF V4.3-13 #2494) id <01HKY8CC40N40000C4@FIPORT.FUNET.FI>; Thu, 22 Dec 1994 16:27:34 +0200 (EET) Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 3579; Thu, 22 Dec 1994 17:24:24 +0100 Date: Thu, 22 Dec 1994 11:13:07 -0500 From: Logical Language Group Subject: terseness (was: ago) In-reply-to: <199412220643.AA04569@nfs2.digex.net> from "Gerald Koenig" at Dec 21, 94 10:41:21 pm Sender: Lojban list To: Veijo Vilva Reply-to: Logical Language Group Message-id: <01HKY8CCX1EQ0000C4@FIPORT.FUNET.FI> X-Envelope-to: veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-To: Lojban List MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 627 Lines: 18 la djer. cusku di'e > I > believe that for lojban to be more than a toy, it must equal the best > languages of the world in conciseness as well as exceeding them in > precision and consistency. It is hard for me to believe that there are > unbeatable tradeoffs here. Optimization can produce a language with the > best of both worlds. We are at the beginning. Either we do it or > another language will be spawned. To paraphrase Dennis Ritchie, "If you want English, you know where to find it." -- John Cowan sharing account for now e'osai ko sarji la lojban.