Re: [lojban] Re: COI, UI (was Re: cfari)

[Jorge "Llambías" <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar>]

--- Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 04:37:17AM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> > I don't see numbers containing letters or lerfu strings with
> > numbers used much or at all. It would be better to have to add
> > glue for those rather than forcing boi in the above situations.
> 
> It's going to get used a lot in math, very likely.

I don't think that convenience in a hypothetical math usage
should trump convenience in everyday usage. Still, strings with
numbers would remain easy: {uburebu} instead of {ubure}
for U2, and there is no arbitrary restriction to the number
being in first position: {cibumy} for 3M.

Numbers with letters as digits would not be so straightforward,
but what would they be used for? The usual talk of using
letters for the units of dimensioned numbers is nonsense because 
units don't work like that in Lojban.

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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