Return-Path: Delivered-To: shoulson-kli@meson.org Received: (qmail 21103 invoked from network); 7 May 2000 19:51:02 -0000 Received: from zash.lupine.org (205.186.156.18) by pi.meson.org with SMTP; 7 May 2000 19:51:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 15425 invoked by uid 40001); 7 May 2000 19:52:00 -0000 Delivered-To: kli-mark@kli.org Received: (qmail 15422 invoked from network); 7 May 2000 19:52:00 -0000 Received: from ej.egroups.com (208.50.144.75) by zash.lupine.org with SMTP; 7 May 2000 19:52:00 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-2570-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.10.35] by ej.egroups.com with NNFMP; 07 May 2000 19:51:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 26059 invoked from network); 7 May 2000 19:51:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m1.onelist.org with QMQP; 7 May 2000 19:51:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy.cais.net) (205.252.14.63) by mta1 with SMTP; 7 May 2000 19:51:57 -0000 Received: from bob (209-8-89-112.dynamic.cais.com [209.8.89.112]) by stmpy.cais.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA24494; Sun, 7 May 2000 15:50:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000507155201.00aadf00@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: vir1036/pop.cais.com@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 To: PILCH Hartmut Cc: lojban@egroups.com In-Reply-To: References: <4.2.2.20000507144806.00ab24a0@127.0.0.1> From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@egroups.com; contact lojban-owner@egroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@egroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 15:54:18 -0400 Subject: Re: [lojban] centripetal / big endian pattern Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1336 Lines: 36 At 07:35 PM 05/07/2000 +0000, you wrote: > > Internet URLs are designed for computers and are not a human language, > > hence are irrelevant. > >URLs are human language, mi na tavla bau la URL > IP addresses are computer language. URLs are codes for IP addresses. They are not "language", much less human language. > > Lojban is not concerned with what "should be". This is not a language > > reform project. the question is what is internally consistent with the > > language design, which is not optimal nor is it trying to be. > >Exactly. To me, little endian dates seem inconsistent with the language >design of Lojban and consistent with the habits of English. And German, and a lot of other languages. lojbab ---- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org (newly updated!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ You have a voice mail message waiting for you at iHello.com: http://click.egroups.com/1/3555/3/_/17627/_/957729118/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com