[lojban] Re: Philosophical differences.

[Minimiscience <minimiscience@gmail.com>]

de'i li 20 pi'e 07 pi'e 2009 la'o fy. Arnt Richard Johansen .fy. cusku zoi
skamyxatra.
> I wonder what the opinion of the millennial Lojbanists are on stability? (If
> you first heard of Lojban after 2002, I'm talking to you.) Do you personally
> consider it important?
.skamyxatra

I consider it important, but not as important as fixing mistakes.  At this
point, I think a good way to handle the evolution of Lojban would be to split
it into two "branches": a main branch that continues to use the language as
described in the CLL and as it is currently being used, with no conscious
changes made, and one "experimental" branch controlled by the BPFK that is
changed & optimized constantly in order to address current and future problems.
If & when the experimental branch becomes stable and has had input from
everyone in the community, it can replace the main branch as the next official
version of Lojban; until then, the branches remain separate and the BPFK's
actions have no effect on the community as a whole.  To those who only use the
main branch, this eliminates worry about things changing overnight, while those
who want to see things changed can get them changed and experiment with the
results with others freely.

The most obvious problem with this approach is not knowing what branch or
version of Lojban a person is using.  Perhaps we could start by devising a
means of specifying a version number in text, e.g., "{sei repinomoi
jboterfarvi}."

mu'omi'e .kamymecraijun.

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