Re: The Mad Proposals

[Jorge Llambias <jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU>]

la lojbab cusku di'e

>  For changes like
> the Mad Proposals, I suspect this would cause major examination of the
> existingf language description because the connectives are so strongly
> findamental to the language as it is designed and has been actually used.
> A simple global search-and-replace will not do.

As far as Lojban text is concerned, a simple search-and-replace will suffice.
All proposals involve a simple replacement of one word for another. (The single
most common change would be {gi'e} to {gije}.)

As for the reference grammar papers, the connectives paper would be
greatly affected, and this is where most of the work involved would be.
The other papers may need very minor changes, mostly of the search-and-replace
type.

I haven't looked at the lessons lately, so I don't know how much updating they
would need. I will try to make an assessment in terms of megabytes. :)


Jorge