[lojban] Re: samselpli ?

[Zefram <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

Robin Lee Powell wrote:
>What do people think of samselpli ?

"computer tool"... "x1 is a piece of software used by x2 for purpose
x3".  Does this apply only when the software is being actively used?
Actually, I wonder this more generally about "pilno".  It looks to me
like "samselpli" describes the act of using a computer program, from
the user's perspective.  "la vi,ais samselpli mi lenu finti dei".

By analogy with tools in general, I think "samtci" ("x1 is a piece of
software used for doing x2") is the right lujvo to describe what I'd
call a "program" or "application".  This is in the sense of a piece of
software viewed from a user's perspective, with continuous existence
regardless of particular invocations of the tool.  "la vi,ais samtci
lenu galfi loi lerfu datnyvei".

>>From the programmer's perspective, lujvo based on "platu" are more
appropriate.

-zefram