Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: questions about lojban

[Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com>]

On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 2:32 PM, stormi <chevalieradam2@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Talking about programming: 
> > object methods usually follow their object "object.method()". W.r.t. this 
> > usage lojban is quite natural. .u'i 
> 
> Lojban resembles functional programming more than object oriented 
> programming. The predicate is central, and that is a function. 

I disagree, it resembles objected oriented programming rather strongly.

Namely in that the first place is almost always the "do-er."

In {mi klama} I am the one "going" (adam.klama()). I am the one performing the action.
{lo karce blabi}, the car is the thing that is white (lo_karce.blabi() would return true)

Not only is that a rather weak argument, but as the sole argument for OOP-ness, it's completely insufficient.

brivla are not objects, they are functions. The fact that the first argument of the function typically comes before the function call itself, as in the case of {mi klama}, is irrelevant.

{mi klama lo zarci lo zdani lo dargu lo karce} is not "mi.klama( lo zarci , lo zdani , lo dargu , lo karce )", it is "klama( mi , lo zarci , lo zdani , lo dargu , lo karce )".

--
mu'o mi'e .aionys.

.i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o
(Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D )

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