Re: TECH: Transparence / Opaqueness

[Chris Bogart <cbogart@QUETZAL.COM>]

>Imperatives by definition are neither true nor false in Lojban. That
>means: make {do dunda ci plise mi} true. Since the distinction between
>opaque and transparent rests on how the truth value of the statement
>is determined, no such distinction is possible for imperatives.

Is that really true?  Aren't both interpretations possible of "ko cpacu le
tanxe"?  It could mean "go get me a box (any box)" or "go get me a box
(whose location I'm about to reveal...)"

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 Chris Bogart
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