Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 19:14:29 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199711050014.TAA01257@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: Re: Problems with Abstraction X-To: rnylander@DTSI.COM X-cc: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 1153 X-From-Space-Date: Tue Nov 4 19:14:30 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU >By now I am probably way off the person's question that started this. >Sorry. That is NOTHING to be sorry about. We enormously appreciate beginners piping up and asking questions. Most readers of the list are not much further along than you, and the "entertainment value" of the highflown technical discussions is seriously lacking. But it is hard for us to write topically for beginners without feeling extremely repetitious unless they ask questions so that we can feel we are actually addressing someones need. Let us hear more questions from beginners! If you feel self-conscious about distracting from the thread, just amend the subject line and say "Beginner's question: ***" or some such. lojbab ---- lojbab lojbab@access.digex.net Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: ftp.access.digex.net /pub/access/lojbab or see Lojban WWW Server: href="http://xiron.pc.helsinki.fi/lojban/" Order _The Complete Lojban Language_ - see our Web pages or ask me.