From pycyn@aol.com Thu Sep 13 08:39:19 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: Pycyn@aol.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_1); 13 Sep 2001 15:39:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 1321 invoked from network); 13 Sep 2001 15:37:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 13 Sep 2001 15:37:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imo-d04.mx.aol.com) (205.188.157.36) by mta1 with SMTP; 13 Sep 2001 15:37:15 -0000 Received: from Pycyn@aol.com by imo-d04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v31_r1.4.) id 4.66.1431bdcb (3956) for ; Thu, 13 Sep 2001 11:31:52 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <66.1431bdcb.28d22b68@aol.com> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 11:31:52 EDT Subject: Re: [lojban] (from lojban-beginners) pi'e To: lojban@yahoogroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_66.1431bdcb.28d22b68_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 6.0 for Windows US sub 10535 From: pycyn@aol.com --part1_66.1431bdcb.28d22b68_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/12/2001 11:45:22 PM Central Daylight Time, rob@twcny.rr.com writes: > I think there is an intrinsic reason. Dates go from smaller to larger units, > and times go from larger to smaller. Combining them like that gives the > bizarre > order: hour, minute, [second], day, month, year. > > Does that work? It seems to me that pi'e should bear at least some > resemblance > to an ordinary decimal point. > {pi'e} is explicitly for joining different bases or moduli (16 or variable), the relative size is not important. What resemblance to ordiary decimal points do you want? --part1_66.1431bdcb.28d22b68_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/12/2001 11:45:22 PM Central Daylight Time,
rob@twcny.rr.com writes:


I think there is an intrinsic reason. Dates go from smaller to larger units,
and times go from larger to smaller. Combining them like that gives the
bizarre
order: hour, minute, [second], day, month, year.

Does that work? It seems to me that pi'e should bear at least some
resemblance
to an ordinary decimal point.


{pi'e} is explicitly for joining different bases or moduli (16 or variable),
the relative size is not important.  What resemblance to ordiary decimal
points do you want? --part1_66.1431bdcb.28d22b68_boundary--