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Re: xor questions (was Re: indirect Qs (was Re: On logji lo
- To: John Cowan <cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG>
- Subject: Re: xor questions (was Re: indirect Qs (was Re: On logji lo
- From: And Rosta <a.rosta@UCLAN.AC.UK>
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 11:56:13 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: University of Central Lancashire
- Reply-to: And Rosta <a.rosta@UCLAN.AC.UK>
- Sender: Lojban list <LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET>
Jorge:
> >If {ma} really does mean "replace this word with another than
> >makes the bridi true", then this problem does exist. But I
> >think the question means:
> >
> > Cause me to know for each of {tea xor coffee} whether the pot
> > contains it.
> >
> >If you can't say that with {ma}, then you could do it with {ko}.
>
> I'm not sure I see how.
Just translate "Cause me to know for each of {tea xor coffee}
whether the pot contains it" into Lojban.
> But you could do it like this:
>
> ta vasru lo tcati onai lo ckafi i xu go'i lo tcati
> That contains either tea xor cofee. Is it tea?
Yes. But it's kludgey....
--And