[lojban] Re: Presentation, visual aid grammar diagrams

[GREGORY DYKE <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

Jerome (jex0m) made some UML lojban diagrams. Maybe those would help.

I think they're linked from lojban.free.fr

Greg

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----- Original Message -----
From: Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>
Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 7:53 pm
Subject: [lojban] Re: Presentation, visual aid grammar diagrams

> 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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