Received: from VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (vms.dc.lsoft.com [205.186.43.2]) by locke.ccil.org (8.6.9/8.6.10) with ESMTP id LAA06874 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 1995 11:55:01 -0500 Message-Id: <199511281655.LAA06874@locke.ccil.org> Received: from PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM (205.186.43.4) by VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id C07B4340 ; Tue, 28 Nov 1995 11:11:40 -0500 Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 11:07:00 LCL Reply-To: BARRETO%VELAHF@ECCSA.TR.UNISYS.COM Sender: Lojban list From: Paulo Barreto Subject: Re: TECH: PROPOSED GRAMMAR CHANGE X1, X2, etc. etc. etc. X-To: lojban%cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu@TRSVR.BITNET To: John Cowan Status: OR X-From-Space-Date: Tue Nov 28 11:55:03 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU Jorge: >NOTE: This change is an extension. It does not affect any existing >grammatical text. As you describe them, they seem to be syntactical simplifications -- something to make grammar more orthogonal. Should I assume you checked whether the LALR(1) property still holds? If so, all three changes sound OK (but I'll bet many people won't be satisfied with the JA/JOI quasi-equivalence :-) co'o mi'e paulos. Paulo S. L. M. Barreto -- Software Analyst -- Unisys Brazil Standard disclaimer applies ("I do not speak for Unisys", etc.) e'osai ko sarji la lojban.