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Re: [lojban] rp-expression-tail ordered choice with empty grouping



lu mi jinvi do li'u ki'a

On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 08:19:30AM -0700, .alyn.post. wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 01:41:34AM -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 09:08:58AM -0700, .alyn.post. wrote:
> > > On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:46:54AM +1100, Ross Ogilvie wrote:
> > > >    As promised [1]https://github.com/RossOgilvie/meksygerna I'm
> > > >    a git noob (only learnt it today), so let me know if it's not
> > > >    public accessible or otherwise misconfigured.
> > > >
> > > >    The main part of my version of mekso is in the txt file. A
> > > >    poorly written brain-dump is in the README file. Questions,
> > > >    comments and criticisms welcome.
> > > >
> > > >    Addressing the question of backwards: I've removed the
> > > >    restriction that RP expressions have exactly 2 arguments, so
> > > >    this creates a little problem fu'a 1 2 3 + x = (1 ( 2 3 +) x)
> > > >    = 5 OFFICIAL LOJBAN 1 2 3 + x = ( (1 2 3 +) x) = 7 MY MEKSO
> > > >    Given the little volume of RP though, I don't think it's a
> > > >    big deal. I haven't noticed any others, though they probably
> > > >    exist.
> > > >
> > > >    The rest of the folder is a simple parser I wrote for it. The
> > > >    code is all handwritten and pretty messy. I've compiled a
> > > >    working version in bin/Release. It's .Net 3.5
> > > >
> > > >    mi'e ros
> > > >
> > >
> > > This is really interesting, though I don't feel qualified to weigh
> > > in on the utility of it: I haven't studied this part of the
> > > language yet.  I'm left wanting to hear opinions from people more
> > > familiar with mex.
> >
> > Here's one: mex is a crock and should die in the arse; see
> > http://teddyb.org/robin/tiki-index.php?page=Lojban%2C+Math%2C+mekso%2C+and+bridi+cmaci&no_bl=y
> >
> > As far as I know, everyone who has written more than a few dozen
> > words of non-trivial mex (i.e. tried to write a math proof in it)
> > agrees with me, except maybe Nick.
> >
>
> .i ki'e .camxes. .i mi pu na tcidu zo'e lo do vi judri .i mi sruma lo
> du'u do na jinvi zo'e lo la .ros. vi se ciska

mi jinvi do da tu'a la .ros. .i mi na tcidu .i ku'i la'a le ni tu'a
la .ros. mekso daspo cu na banzu tu'a mi

-Robin

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