[lojban] Re: Presentation, visual aid grammar diagrams

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

On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 12:03:23PM -0500, Matt Arnold wrote:
> #1, Since I'll be presenting to a group of open-source computer
> programmers, they might be tempted to join the Lojban community if
> I show them a list of interesting applications that they could
> make.  What are the skills most needed, and the programs most
> needed? 

I am very, very interested in a Lojban STT program, but have been
told that there is more grunt work than technical skill needed to
make this happen.  Same with TTS.

> What opportunities are currently available for group development
> of Lojban-related software?

I'd love to have some help on jbovlaste (which is LAMP; Perl + Mason
specifically, over PostGres).

I still think someone should translate The Sims.  :-)

I'm sure there are others, but nothing's coming to mind right ATM.

> #2, For the visual presentation, I'd like to make graphics
> inspired by the illustration in CLL chapter 12 depicting a type of
> tinkertoy construction set. I intend to lean heavily on functional
> elegance from an engineering standpoint-- the concept of Lojban as
> a sophisticated toolkit. I wonder if I could extend this visual
> metaphor of modular parts to explain the basics of gismu, cmavo
> and place structures in a lojban sentence. Have any of you made
> drawings of this nature?

Not I.  I'm not a very visual person.

You may find that representing brivla as a sort of functional
programming language might be useful.

-Robin

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