Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 17:17:59 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199710242217.RAA10354@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Thom Quinn Sender: Lojban list From: Thom Quinn Subject: Using Lojban for Computer-related applications, AI, programming, etc. X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 Content-Length: 1793 X-From-Space-Date: Fri Oct 24 17:18:29 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU Please read the following clipping from the Lojban Website. Has anyone tried using Lojban for computer programming, AI, or any real computer application? IF so, please get back to me! Thanks, Thom Quinn thomquinn@esosoft.com swo@execpc.com ---------------------------------------------- Are there other uses for Lojban? Yes, several. Due to its unambiguous grammar and simple structure, it also can be easily parsed (broken down for analysis) by computers, making it possible for Lojban to be used in the future for computer-human interaction, and perhaps conversation. Lojban's structure is similar to existing artificial intelligence (AI) programming languages, and will likely be a most powerful tool in AI processing, especially in the storing and processing of data about the world and people's conceptions of it. There are also linguists interested in Lojban's potential as an intermediate language in computer-aided translation of natural languages. Because Lojban was designed to be culturally neutral, and has a powerful vocabulary easily learned by people of different language origins, some are interested in Lojban's potential as an international language. These are only the beginnings of the Lojban applications that will be developed in the future. Is Lojban a computer language? Lojban was designed as a human language, and not as a computer language. It is therefore intended for use in conversation, reading, writing, and thinking. However, since Lojban can be processed by a computer much more easily than can a natural language, it is only a matter of time before Lojban-based computer applications are developed. Learning and using Lojban doesn't require you to know anything about computers or to talk like one. --------------------------------------