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Subject: [lojban] Re: Forget XS, let's go back to XS.
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On Sun, May 30, 2004 at 11:28:43PM +0100, And Rosta wrote:
> Rob:
> > There was a point where I thought I understood XS, and why it
> > wouldn't break anything anywhere. Judging from what xorxes is
> > claiming about XS in the thread between him and pycyn, it's past
> > that now.
> [...]
> > Then, all we need is a different intensional article. I'll call it
> > {lo'e} for now, especially since I don't see why {lo'e} doesn't
> > work.
> [...]
> > So, basically, I'm re-proposing what I thought was XS. Any comments?
> 
> I don't have time to participate (which gives you licence to ignore
> this), but I urge you to hear xorxes out. XS was a zillion times
> better than any other scheme ever mooted (at least up until the end of
> 2003 when I tuned out), and it really did make everything sayable
> while making virtually no undoing of anything baselined. I am here
> referring to the old XS as documented by me & xorxes -- by the sounds
> of things (this exchange between pc & xorxes must be taking place in a
> forum I'm not reading)

It is indeed.

http://www.lojban.org/tiki//tiki-view_forum_thread.php?comments_parentId=454&topics_threshold=0&topics_offset=1&topics_sort_mode=commentDate_desc&topics_find=&forumId=1

Your help would be appreciated; xorxes seems to be having trouble
explaining things in a way that people get.

-Robin

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