As a layperson, not knowing anything about the formal grammar, I say we absolutely should keep it in there. Though it may be of no use to me, The Complete Lojban Language is not complete without the full grammar. Also, as a less technical and more psychological argument, it reinforces the idea that Lojban is 100% syntactically unambiguous to people who don't know anything about the parser. The fact that it can be interpreted (don't know if that's the right word there) by a computer is one of the reasons why I'm learning Lojban, and having tangible evidence of that is pretty powerful.
On Wednesday, October 1, 2014 3:59:12 AM UTC-4, Robin Powell wrote:
In the age of ubiquitous internet, I feel that the entire Formal
Grammars chapter simply doesn't belong in a printed book.
Does anyone disagree?
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