Re: [lojban] morphology

["Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" <lojbab@lojban.org>]

At 11:02 PM 03/12/2000 +0300, Cyril Slobin wrote:
> la lojbab. cusku di'e:
> > Here is the last draft I have of the Lojban morphology algorithm,
> > dated 7 June 92.
>
> > Morphology Algorithm
> > Draft 4.0
>
> There is newer version on lojban.org site,
>
> > Morphology Algorithm
> > Internal Revision 4.1, 8 June 1992
>
> It is inside archive named brkwords.zip together with word-breaking
> program (ms-dos executable and incomplete pascal source).

Oops - I had thought there might be one in brkwords, but I didn't look in 
the zip file.

> Texts of 4.0 and 4.1 versions are different, but I believe there are
> clarifications and editorial changes, not changes of algorithm itself.
> However I haven't compared them thoroughly to be really sure.

I am sure there is a minor change, probably some bug she found in 
testing. Nora did not generate new versions just for editorial purposes.

> Also I believe the pascal program implements an algorithm described in
> english text, but again I haven't made thorough verification.

It is supposed to, but at the time, we did not have the wherewithal to do a 
proper test - the number of possible cases is too large, even with a 
relatively small test string (say 20 characters or less).

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