Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0tCoh7-0000ZTC; Tue, 7 Nov 95 16:08 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 4C74C480 ; Tue, 7 Nov 1995 15:08:03 +0100 Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 05:49:43 -0800 Reply-To: MarkLVines@EWORLD.COM Sender: Lojban list From: "Mark L. Vines" Subject: Personal Apology X-To: LOJBAN@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 868 Lines: 23 la lojbab cusku di'e > I think perhaps you are taking my responses FAR too personally - I > haven't felt the least bit of animosity towards you. In that case, please accept my apology. > I will try to ignore apparent insult. I insulted you because I thought you had intentionally insulted me. This was a mistake, so I retract my insult. Again, I apologize. > > I prefer to agree with you that the basic design is sound. Even > > brilliant. > > I'll pass your compliments to JCB next time I see him %^) Lojbab, our temperaments definitely clash. Your style of argument jabs at me in a fashion that I'm prone to misinterpret as insult or evasion. Even so, I doubt that JCB deserves all the credit for the excellence of Lojban. I don't know enough about the design history to be sure, but I would guess that much of the credit belongs to you. co'o mi'e mark,l