[lojban-beginners] Lojban mentioned in my book

[Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com>]

Hi all,

For what it's worth, I am the author of a Ruby book.
See _The Ruby Way_ on Amazon or wherever. (Ruby is
one reason I don't have the time for Lojban that I'd
like.)

I sprinkled quotations liberally throughout the book --
ones that I considered apropos, either in a serious
or a tongue-in-cheek way. In fact, because the book is
so hierarchical, I often used them at section headings,
not just chapter headings.

Anyway, Ch 4 is about internationalization and message
catalogs. Just before the message catalog piece, I used
this quote:

    "Lojban is culturally fully neutral. Its vocabulary was
    built algorithmically using today's six most widely
    spoken languages: Chinese, Hindi, English, Russian,
    Spanish, and Arabic."
        -- _What is Lojban?_, Nick Nicholas and John Cowan

Just in case anyone cares. I hope it piques some
readers' interest...


Cheers,
Hal