From LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU Fri Dec  8 06:43:28 1995
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Date: Fri Dec 8 06:43:28 1995
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From: Logical Language Group <lojbab@ACCESS.DIGEX.NET>
Subject:      Re: TECH: new cmavo "ju'e"
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To: John Cowan <cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG>
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>Wow, I hadn't thought of this before -- I had thought the different kinds of
>connector were inconveniences bemu'i YACCability.  Interesting.

They were, BUT were not the only possible solution.  The precedent was set by
JCB who has had a JA/A distinction in the language since well before anyone
tried to YACC a grammar.

The other way we considered was a simple cmavo determining type of connective
followed by only one "series", probably JA.  This is in effect what we did
for termsets, with NUhU+connective.  If we had gone fully to that system, we
would have used up fewer cmavo, but the solution we chose was more in keeping
with JCB's design philosophy.

lojbab