From jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Fri Mar 26 09:31:12 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 26 Mar 2004 09:31:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from web41905.mail.yahoo.com ([66.218.93.156]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B6vAh-00028G-By for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 09:31:07 -0800 Message-ID: <20040326173034.99554.qmail@web41905.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [200.49.74.2] by web41905.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 09:30:34 PST Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 09:30:34 -0800 (PST) From: Jorge "Llambías" Subject: [lojban] Re: fi'u was Re:lanzu usage To: lojban-list@lojban.org In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20040326113834.030ae480@pop.east.cox.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-archive-position: 7347 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --- Bob LeChevalier wrote: > At 09:53 AM 3/25/04 -0800, Jorge "Llambías" wrote: > >Letters as digits don't make much sense anyway. > >They are certainly not worth the trouble in boi's that they > >cost us. > > Tell it to the people who came up with the idea of using letters for hex > digits. Lojban has cmavo for the 6 hex digits, but for higher bases, it > seems that history has indicated the use of lerfu as the convention. But Lojban can't handle higher bases that way! Every number must start with a member of PA, so letters can only be used for other-than-the-first digit. mu'o mi'e xorxes __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html