From pycyn@aol.com Thu Sep 13 20:36:55 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: Pycyn@aol.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_1); 14 Sep 2001 03:36:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 91228 invoked from network); 14 Sep 2001 02:07:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 14 Sep 2001 02:07:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imo-r10.mx.aol.com) (152.163.225.106) by mta1 with SMTP; 14 Sep 2001 02:07:48 -0000 Received: from Pycyn@aol.com by imo-r10.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v31_r1.7.) id 7.da.c1882c1 (3956) for ; Thu, 13 Sep 2001 21:38:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 21:38:05 EDT Subject: Re: [lojban] (from lojban-beginners) pi'e To: lojban@yahoogroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_da.c1882c1.28d2b97d_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 6.0 for Windows US sub 10535 From: pycyn@aol.com --part1_da.c1882c1.28d2b97d_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/13/2001 7:41:55 PM Central Daylight Time, rob@twcny.rr.com writes: > pi'e is supposed to be like a decimal point except in a mixed-base system. > It takes a very strange system to put larger place values *after* a decimal > point. > Gee, in a dozen times around on this, that is a new argument. Not a very powerful one, but new. If the real world comes together on this, I suppose Lojban would (eventually) go along, but I won't hold my breath on that first part even. And remember, it is only the simplest of programs to change Lojban to whatever -- and back, so we are not alking serious problems here. --part1_da.c1882c1.28d2b97d_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/13/2001 7:41:55 PM Central Daylight Time, rob@twcny.rr.com writes:


pi'e is supposed to be like a decimal point except in a mixed-base system.
It takes a very strange system to put larger place values *after* a decimal
point.


Gee, in a dozen times around on this, that is a new argument.  Not a very powerful one, but new.  
If the real world comes together on this, I suppose Lojban would (eventually) go along, but I won't hold my breath on that first part even.
And remember, it is only the simplest of programs to change Lojban to whatever -- and back, so we are not alking serious problems here.
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