On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Matt Arnold
<matt.mattarn@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you, Robin. You're absolutely right. A language can be finished
even when there is an infinity of work left to be done in its
universe.
Lojban has been a finished language for years. I drifted
away and lost interest not because of the language itself, but the
culture of perfectionism.
I agree with Robin too. As I said in that thread: LOJBAN WORKS!
If I can't see how to say something it's because there are things that I don't know, not because of flaw in the language.
Just by translating things into lojban I learned a lot and I'm firmly convinced that Lojban expressiveness is equivalent (if not superior) to natural languages.
I feel it's just that I don't know how to use all the feature of the language.
I'm not against exploring how much {si} will make the universe collapse in a black hole. It may be fun and entertaining, but I'm much more interested in understanding real cases of use of the language.
I would feel better, however, if more people would start *using* it rather than just exploring the sharp corners for the sake of doing it.