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Re: [lojban] No number base?!?

At 09:04 PM 05/29/2001 -0400, John Cowan wrote:

Robin Lee Powell scripsit:
> Why is there no sumti for number base in namcu?


It is a Mex operator, ju'u



> In fact, I can find no way to ask the question:
>
> "Why do you prefer base-16?"


You need liveino'o ju'u paxa


You need a selbri for "base", something like digit-string x1 represents
number x2 in base x3.  The mechanism for expressing numbers
in random bases won't help.
nu'a ju'u gives you numerical base as a selbri; I don't think there are rules for the place structures of such selbri 

lojbab


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