[lojban] The proposed 'goals' of lojban

[白松 Oren <baisong@gvbchina.org.cn>]

I didn't want to derail the agree/disagree thread, but wanted to point
out a fun interpretation of the goals listed here:

http://teddyb.org/robin/tiki-index.php?page=Lojban:+You're+Doing+It+Wrong

Rephrased:

* Lojban should be Logical
* Lojban should be a Language
* Being both logical and a language makes Lojban unique

[and then the non-trivial bit]
* Lojban should be backwards compatible

I'm actually confused by the seeming contradiction here:
"[backwards compatible] in the sense that users of the language should
not have to re-learn anything; preserving the meaning of old
utterances is of very little interest to me, obviously"

It seems like formalizing 'versions' of Lojban would only make things
backward compatible in the sense that 'users of a previous version
*would* have to relearn something.'

On another note, I would distill the goals down to this one sentiment:

Lojban: The Logical Language
Mission: Full expressive freedom: Any meaning expressed in a natural
language can be expressed in Lojban, and at any desired level of
ambiguity or precision.

"logical" means no exceptions to rules, and no ambiguous syntax.
"language" means it should be effective in human communication
(clear*, brief and simple)

*This obviates separate definition of 'cultural neutrality,' imo,
which seeks to reduce a type of non-clarity.

co'o mi'e korbi

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