Re: [lojban] Comparison to Ilaksh?

[Robert LeChevalier <lojbab@lojban.org>]

And Rosta wrote:
> But setting that definitional difference aside, I wonder if you would be 
> similarly baffled by architects designing buildings that are never going 
> to be built,

They aren't buildings, but pictures/drawings of buildings.  They may 
have value as art or concept, but I recognize a difference between an 
idea, a plan, and a real thing.

> NASA scientists designing spaceships that will forever
> remain blueprints? The building may be beautiful, and may in its 
> conception and elaboration elevate the spirit, even if it remains 
> unbuilt. 

They aren't spaceships, but spaceship designs.

And unicorns in fantasy novels are still fantasy creatures and not real 
creatures, no matter how skilled the writing.

I didn't question the value of Ilaksh; I merely am not sure it is proper 
to call it a "language" as opposed to a "language design".

lojbab

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