[lojban-beginners] Re: zo .e'e

[adam@wustl.edu]

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, Penguino wrote:

> However the official definitions are somewhat vague; what is "competence"
> and "constraint"?

They need to be clarified, definitely.  That's the whole purpose of the byfy.
But that doesn't mean they should be replaced with completely different
definitions based very vaguely on keyword similarity and trying to make
patterns where none existed before.

> Furthermore, nothing is really lost, as the feeling of
> "competence" would be [.e'ese'i] under the new definitions.

First of all, I consider self-exhortation to be completely different from
competence.  One is about will to do something, the other is ability.
Secondly, the big difference is that the change would alter the meaning of
existing text, in a way that is not backwards compatible.  That sort of
change should not be taken lightly at all.

I'm getting off topic, so I'll stop ranting, but I just wanted to bring it up.
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Adam Lopresto <adam@wustl.edu>
System Administrator
Engineering IT, Washington University