Return-Path: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@vms.dc.LSOFT.COM Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE (segate.sunet.se [192.36.125.6]) by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi (8.7.1/8.7.1) with ESMTP id TAA25881 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 19:57:50 +0200 Message-Id: <199602081757.TAA25881@xiron.pc.helsinki.fi> Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id C8DE8D55 ; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 18:57:40 +0100 Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 09:50:03 -0800 Reply-To: jimc@MATH.UCLA.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: Jim Carter Subject: Re: tech: logic matters X-To: lojban@cuvmb.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 08 Feb 96 07:00:40 EST." <9602081201.AA26841@julia.math.ucla.edu> Content-Length: 947 Lines: 18 > pc and Carter go back a long way with the mutual disrespect, which is I > believe only (humorously ad hominem). Correct (associativity parens added by jimc). > It was pc who dubbed carters Loglan efforts as "Nalgol" because he "got > Loglan all backwards". Since Carter thereafter used the label Nalgol himself, > I have alwasy presumed that no offense was taken. Correct. We do seem to have a different idea of what a "logical language" is: "how logicians talk" vs. "designed per consistent standards such that you know what they are and can work with them". Recent discussion reveals that the Emperor's clothes are getting tattered, and new ones might be in order. James F. Carter Voice 310 825 2897 FAX 310 206 6673 UCLA-Mathnet; 6115 MSA; 405 Hilgard Ave.; Los Angeles, CA, USA 90095-1555 Internet: jimc@math.ucla.edu (finger for PGP key) UUCP:...!{ucsd,ames,ncar,gatech,purdue,rutgers,decvax,uunet}!math.ucla.edu!jimc