[lojban] Re: [llg-members] Re: Re: A challenge for computer science/programming geeks: The LLG wants to give you $500!

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

Robin Lee Powell scripsit:

> I don't believe, but am not certain, that that is possible.  That
> is, I believe that if there is more than one way to generate a
> string, you've describe an ambiguous language, and that such a
> description would not, in fact, describe Lojban.

The fact that there exists an ambiguous grammar for a language is
no evidence one way or another about the existence of an unambiguous
grammar for the same language.

-- 
John Cowan    cowan@ccil.org    http://ccil.org/~cowan
Rather than making ill-conceived suggestions for improvement based on
uninformed guesses about established conventions in a field of study with
which familiarity is limited, it is sometimes better to stick to merely
observing the usage and listening to the explanations offered, inserting
only questions as needed to fill in gaps in understanding. --Peter Constable


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