Attn: John Cowan (was Re: [lojban] Grammar versions and parsing software)

["Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" <lojbab@xxxxxx.xxxx]

At 09:45 PM 2/26/99 +0000, Richard Curnow wrote:
>From: Richard Curnow <richard@rrbcurnow.freeserve.co.uk>
>
>I've noticed that the parsing software available on the FTP site
>corresponds to version 233 of the grammar, but there is a version 300 of
>the grammar available for download too. Is there a parser for this
>version available, or is/has anyone doing/done any work on such a thing?

John Cowan put together a beta version of a 300 parser, but has not
released it. I don't remember what he was waiting for, but Nora was at the
the same time working on a version 300 glosser with enhancements. The
latter will place-structure-smart for gismu (i.e. English glosses will use
prepositions). I was also working on a random sentence generator that was
going to be used to bang on the parser - generally a good way to test
obscure cases. Nora and my efforts got sidetracked by "real life" (Nora by
Y2K, myself by childrearing and perpetual Lojban order and paperwork
backlogs that I am finally starting to get a handle on again).

John?

lojbab