Re: loi (was Re: [lojban] Rosetta Project Genesis translation)

[Invent Yourself <xod@sixgirls.org>]

On Fri, 25 May 2001 pycyn@aol.com wrote:

> The problem with using {lo'i} is that sets have a very limited range of
> activities -- they can't carry pianos, for example, nor drink beer.  About
> all they can do is have members, include or overlap or be included in other
> sets, and have cardinalities.  Not very useful, as xorxes keeps pointing out.
>  We no doubt could develop some idioms involving sets, but none have achieved
> much currency -- and masses do seem to cover the most tempting cases.


I suspect set usage could provide a more elegant way to say "only".


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