[lojban] Re: minimal lojban

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

On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 12:24:04PM -0800, xah lee wrote:
> 
> Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > If a minimal Lojban includes tanru, you *must* have one or the
> > other, or you lose expressive power.  As it seems to me that the
> > goas here is to produce a Kernel Language for Lojban (that is,
> > the most minimal set of Lojban from which all the rest of Lojban
> > can be described as just shortcuts), you don't want to lose
> > expressive power.
> 
> Robin described my mind...

I'm a genius!  The Human Level AI problem is solved!

*speaking from offstage*

What?  Oh.  Nevermind.

> (i don't think lojban is ever suitable for human communication as
> with natural languages. 

Erm.  Those of us on IRC seem to do just fine.

Do you have any basis for that opinion?

-Robin

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