Re: lojban as a programming language [was Re: [lojban] Lojban for lay programmers]

[Invent Yourself <xod@sixgirls.org>]

On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Jorge Llambias wrote:

>
> la xod cusku di'e
>
> >We actually had a discussion about this a while ago. It revolved around
> >the question: does lu'e la djan mean " "John" ", or "a symbol for "John"";
> >is it the symbol, or does it mean the symbol?
>
> The choice probably was between the symbol "John" or any other
> symbol for the person John. A symbol for the name "John" would
> be referred to as lu'e zo djan.



It is the difference between


1. "John"
2. "The symbol for 'John'".




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