From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Mon Nov 13 14:40:24 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:40:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GjkTE-0001SQ-SV for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:40:05 -0800 Received: from pi.meson.org ([66.134.26.207]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GjkT8-0001Rv-3V for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:40:04 -0800 Received: (qmail 1055 invoked from network); 13 Nov 2006 22:39:57 -0000 Received: from nagas.meson.org (HELO ?192.168.1.101?) (1000@192.168.1.101) by pi.meson.org with SMTP; 13 Nov 2006 22:39:57 -0000 Message-ID: <4558F43D.4070601@kli.org> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:39:57 -0500 From: "Mark E. Shoulson" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: "la" rule References: <325816428.20061113190842@mail.ru> <20061113171203.GD24729@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <4558B5C3.9020006@kli.org> <87d57rxf3v.fsf@gmail.com> <4558E2A1.9010907@lojban.org> In-Reply-To: <4558E2A1.9010907@lojban.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) X-archive-position: 13112 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: mark@kli.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list Bob LeChevalier wrote: > > For all that Mark thinks that the problem will be lasting, it should > be trivial for the tools - lexer/parser/glosser etc, to include such > things as a check for "la" and related strings in what otherwise > parses as a cmene token, and flag it with a clear error message. In > the absence of skilled editors, the classic standard of evaluating > Lojban text for publication has been to run it through the parser. "You must have faith in the future, young one. Soon, everyone will always have computers to check their grammar." I should put "won't this be solved by better technology?" as one of the responses on the wiki page. ~mark To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.