[lojban] Re: jbovlaste lujvo definitions -- opinions wanted.

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

On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 09:44:41PM +0200, Arnt Richard Johansen wrote:
> On Sun, 9 May 2004, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> 
> > In http://www.lojban.org/jbovlaste/help/definitions.html I tell
> > people to write definitions like
> >
> >     d_1=b_1 bitches/whines/expresses anguish about d_2 with
> >     utterance/sound(s) b_2
> >
> > rather than
> >
> >     x_2=d_1=b_1 bitches/whines/expresses anguish about x_2=d_2 with
> >     utterance/sound(s) x_3=b_2
> >
> > I have since decided that the latter is more readable, because it
> > lets the reader know at a glance how many places there are, and
> > which place is where, without having to count them.
> 
> I definitely prefer the former in most cases, because of aesthetics
> (which translates to ease of reading). 

Let me double-check: you find a definition that does not include the
numbers of the places to be *more* readable?

-Robin

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