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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 16:19:54 +0200 (CEST)
From: PILCH Hartmut <phm@a2e.de>
Subject: Lojban and the Turing machine
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Lojban texts are parsable, and it should at least be possible to formulate
computer programs in some lojban-compatible syntax.

I wonder if Lojban texts themselves could be considered as programs, just
as postscript documents can be.

Lojban parsing is very similar to SGML parsing, but SGML, unlike
Postscript, isn't a full-fledged programming language

What is needed to make Lojban "turing-complete"?

I am just looking for more arguments to further confuse the debate about
software patentability, see also

	http://swpat.ffii.org/lojban/

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phm