From cowan@ccil.org Thu Jan 24 19:28:29 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: cowan@mercury.ccil.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 25 Jan 2002 03:28:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 90447 invoked from network); 25 Jan 2002 03:28:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.172) by m12.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 25 Jan 2002 03:28:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mercury.ccil.org) (192.190.237.100) by mta2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 25 Jan 2002 03:28:28 -0000 Received: from cowan by mercury.ccil.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16Tx2d-0003hM-00 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2002 22:28:39 -0500 Subject: Re: lojban as a programming language [was Re: [lojban] Lojban for lay programmers] In-Reply-To: from Lee Daniel Crocker at "Jan 24, 2002 04:17:31 pm" To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 22:28:39 -0500 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL66 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: X-eGroups-From: John Cowan From: John Cowan X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=212516 X-Yahoo-Profile: johnwcowan Lee Daniel Crocker scripsit: > Here's an exercise for you: translate this Grouch Marx joke > into Lojban: "Last night I shot an elephant in my pajamas. What > it was doing in my pajamas I'll never know." We actually translated that sentence (using its two different forms) at Logfest 2001, and used it as the basis for a Lojban flyer. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org Please leave your values | Check your assumptions. In fact, at the front desk. | check your assumptions at the door. --sign in Paris hotel | --Miles Vorkosigan