[lojban] Re: My parser, SI, SA, and ZOI

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

On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 06:22:31PM -0400, Nora LeChevalier wrote:
> At 05:51 PM 5/6/04 -0700, Robin wrote:
> >On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 06:20:33PM -0400, Nora LeChevalier wrote:
> >[long explanation of what my parser does snipped]
> >> I think I've seen someone use "si" as the delimiter.  This majorly
> >> complicates things, no?
> >
> >Not at all.  My parser has no problems with this.  I just tested this
> >on
> >
> >"zoi si I love zoi! si"
> >
> >and
> >
> >"zoi si I love zoi! si si Really! si"
> >
> >Both of which do exactly what I said they would do.
> 
> [snip]
> What happens if you "si" some more (to try to get rid of the "zoi")?

Three SI erase everything but the ZOI, allowing you to start the ZOI
clause with a different bracketing word, four SI erase the ZOI, five SI
erase the word before the ZOI, and so on.

> "zoi si I love zoi! si si [erases the end-delimiter] si [erases the
> internals] si [new end-delimiter? or deletes the start-delimiter?]

Deletes the start delimeter.

> In other words, at what point does "si" again start having normal
> usage?

After a word that is not SI occurs.

-Robin

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