From xod@sixgirls.org Thu Jan 24 13:12:04 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@reva.sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 24 Jan 2002 21:12:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 33864 invoked from network); 24 Jan 2002 21:12:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.167) by m8.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 24 Jan 2002 21:12:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reva.sixgirls.org) (216.27.131.50) by mta1.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Jan 2002 21:12:03 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reva.sixgirls.org (8.11.6+3.4W/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g0OLC1L28763 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2002 16:12:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 16:12:00 -0500 (EST) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: lojban as a programming language [was Re: [lojban] Lojban for lay programmers] In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=1138703 X-Yahoo-Profile: throwing_back_the_apple On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Jorge Llambias wrote: > > la xod cusku di'e > > >We actually had a discussion about this a while ago. It revolved around > >the question: does lu'e la djan mean " "John" ", or "a symbol for "John""; > >is it the symbol, or does it mean the symbol? > > The choice probably was between the symbol "John" or any other > symbol for the person John. A symbol for the name "John" would > be referred to as lu'e zo djan. It is the difference between 1. "John" 2. "The symbol for 'John'". -- The tao that can be tar(1)ed is not the entire Tao. The path that can be specified is not the Full Path.