Re: [lojban] How it should have been. And how it could be.

[".alyn.post." <alyn.post@lodockikumazvati.org>]

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 10:20:29AM -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 05:49:44PM +0100, And Rosta wrote:
> > Muhammad Nael, On 23/06/2011 11:35:
> > >I'm very much interested in the language but more so in its idea,
> > >I'm promoting a custom -not yet existing- form of it; so, my
> > >/looooong/ list of questions is: For all the gurus and regular
> > >Lojbanists out there, imagine you're back where it all started,
> > >but with your current experience, how would you like Lojban to
> > >be? Or, imagine that you're using the current Lojban as a
> > >template for creating the perfect logical language (as close to
> > >that), how would you want it look like say, in year 2090? or a
> > >bit sooner if that's too far. What decisions do you know were
> > >made in the very initial years of Lojban that you wish weren't?
> > >is there any that you wish were /made/? and why? If possible give
> > >examples. - the change should be enriching Lojban's efficiency,
> > >making it easier to learn and moving it a step closer to being a
> > >complete language.
> > >
> > >I'll wait for replies, although I may not be able to make a reply
> > >myself today.
> > 
> > Whether starting from now, or if starting in 1960 but with the
> > benefit of hindsight, the hypothetical neo-Lojban should start
> > completely from scratch, preserving nothing of current Lojban (--
> > because everything in current Lojban could be drastically improved
> > upon), but of course learning immensely from it -- which isn't an
> > answer that is going to help you much with your short story. There
> > is no community actively discussing a Neo-Lojban, but if there
> > were, I imagine engelang@yahoogroups.com would be the least
> > unsuitable forum for it.
> 
> There actually *is* a loccan 3 mailing list somewhere, but I've
> never seen it actually have any discussion, and I can't find it
> anymore.
> 
> How helpful is that???  :)
> 
> -Robin
> 

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