[lojban] Re: open and save

[Steven Belknap <sbelknap@UIC.EDU>]

The use of the lojban word <dacru> for a computer file is not malglico. 
The analogy of computer file to a paper file is a language-independent 
extension of the concept of file to cyberspace. <vreji> is not an apt 
lojban word for file. A file *contains* records.

On Monday, January 6, 2003, at 11:53  PM, Robin Lee Powell wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 11:36:23PM -0600, sbelknap wrote:
> > open is "get file": cpadacru
> > save is "put file": pujdacru
>
> <despair>
> Nooooooo!
> </despair>
>
> dacru is *not* a file in a computer!
>
>  dacru dac          drawer
> 		     x1 is a drawer/file in structure x2, a [sliding
> 		     compartment] container for contents x3
>
>
> You want vreji.
>
> -Robin