Re: [lojban] Error in DAG-CLL? 4.6

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 7:52 AM, Alex Rozenshteyn <rpglover64@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Also, how difficult would it be in the parser to give {bu} precedence?

Not very difficult, but why should "bu" have precedence over "zei"?
They both have very similar functions, they take words from any word
class and turn them into a phrase that behaves almost like a word of
classes BY and BRIVLA respectively.

> I
> feel wrong claiming that both {.abu} and {xy} are letterals if they don't
> behave the same way.  Just my two cents.

But it would be just as wrong to claim that "na'e zei .a" and
"pavyseljirna" are both lujvo if they don't behave the same way (when
followed by BU, for example).

The way to turn the three words na'e + .a + bu into a lujvo is: "na'e
zei .a zei bu"

No matter what precedence rule you choose for magic words, you will
inevitably get odd results sometimes, so you might as well choose a
very simple precedence rule like "first come first served" so you
don't have to start deciding whether bu trumps zei, or zei trumps zo,
or zo trumps si, or si trumps zoi, or what. Just process them always
as they come.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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