Re: [lojban] set mechanics

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>]

On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 01:54:12AM +0000, Jorge Llambias wrote:
> 
> >From: Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
> >
> >But not having a complete set of set operations in a language
> >thet has sets as a fundamental type _really_ bothers me, so we need
> >either set negation or set subtraction.
> 
> I agree that having an incomplete set is not very nice, but
> for me the solution is to just forget about sets as fundamental
> types. The set articles are never really needed. In general
> anything expressed with them can be said more clearly without
> them, and half the time that they are used they're used wrong
> if taken seriously as sets.

I disagree with that; I really enjoy sets and find them very useful.
But then again, technically me Bachelor's (which isn't quite complete)
is in Math, so I'm biased.  8)

I can't think of good examples, but I find those in the book quite
compelling.

-Robin

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