[lojban] Re: The Lojban Wikipedia is up

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 07:09:48PM -0400, xod wrote:
> Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> >On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 06:58:13PM -0400, xod wrote:
> >>Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> >>>On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 06:46:45PM -0400, xod wrote:
> >>>>Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>I still think ralcku is asinine, though.  mutmi'i I mind a lot
> >>>>>less than I used to, although I think it's rarely the best choice
> >>>>>for "software" (too broad).
> >>>>>
> >>>>Lujvo should focus primarily on use-function -- how it appears to
> >>>>the user -- as opposed to technical precision.
> >>>>
> >>>As long as two lujvo are more-or-less the same number of syllables,
> >>>I *utterly* disagree.
> >>>
> >>It's like saying a pen is "a small cylinder with one messy end"
> >>instead of "like a pencil, only with ink". One is more literal, but
> >>the other is a whole lot more useful.
> >
> >"Technical precision" and "literalism" are not the same thing.  I
> >find the latter definition much more technically precise than the
> >former becase it encodes more information about what the object does
> >(i.e. it has more ancillary places that are relevant).
> 
> Your definition of "technical precision" is based on what it "does",

No, it's based on how precisely the bridi captures the concept I have in
mind.

> yet you vehemently disagree that "use-function" should take precedence
> over technical precision. I can only conclude that you imagine a huge
> gap between "what it does" and "use-function". What do you have in
> mind?

"use-function" sounds to me like it prioritizes ease of use over
precision.

-Robin

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