[lojban] Re: Official parser problem?

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 06:56:56AM -0500, John Cowan wrote:
> Robin Lee Powell scripsit:
> 
> > That's how I, and others, have been using it.  The difference
> > between the two definitions (for purposes of modifying my
> > experimental grammar) is not large, but John's is actually easier to
> > encode.
> 
> It also has the advantage that you can make substitutions like this:
> 
> mi klama le broda brode brodi sa lo broda brode brodi

That's easy to fix; make 'sa' eat the following token:

mi klama le broda brode brodi sa le lo broda brode brodi

Don't know that that's a *good* solution, just pointing it out.

> > I think Greg's is much more human-friendly, though.
> 
> To the speaker or to the listener?

Both; I don't think people easy think in grammatical categories while
speaking or listening, although I'll grant that I have a pretty good
intuitive sense of which words are in selma'o together.

-Robin

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