From lojban-out@lojban.org Tue Mar 11 14:30:00 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_1); 11 Mar 2003 22:29:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 58782 invoked from network); 11 Mar 2003 22:29:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 11 Mar 2003 22:29:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 Mar 2003 22:29:59 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18ssFy-0004Nx-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:29:58 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18ssFi-0004NL-00; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:29:42 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:29:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from fort-point-station.mit.edu ([18.7.7.76]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18ssFL-0004N8-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:29:20 -0800 Received: from central-city-carrier-station.mit.edu (CENTRAL-CITY-CARRIER-STATION.MIT.EDU [18.7.7.72]) by fort-point-station.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id RAA12727 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 17:29:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from melbourne-city-street.mit.edu (MELBOURNE-CITY-STREET.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.86]) by central-city-carrier-station.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id RAA19256 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 17:29:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from torg.mit.edu (RANDOM-THREE-NINETY-SIX.MIT.EDU [18.243.6.141]) ) by melbourne-city-street.mit.edu (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id h2BMTH0x027211 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 17:29:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from rob by torg.mit.edu with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18ssFJ-0001wI-00 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 17:29:17 -0500 Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 17:29:17 -0500 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: [lojban.org #92] Re: Your lujvo records in Jbovlaste Message-ID: <20030311222917.GA7453@mit.edu> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20030311190322.GB6737@mit.edu> <200303111920.OAA23808@mail.reutershealth.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200303111920.OAA23808@mail.reutershealth.com> X-Is-It-Not-Nifty: www.sluggy.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-archive-position: 4438 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rspeer@MIT.EDU Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: Rob Speer From: Rob Speer Reply-To: rspeer@MIT.EDU X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 02:23:40PM -0500, John Cowan wrote: > Rob Speer scripsit: > > > Perhaps "x1:a1=b1" would make it more clear that it's telling you about > > the argument order, not that it's a 3-place lujvo. > > No, "x1=a1=b1" makes it very clear that the x1 place (of the lujvo) is > synonymous with the first places of the two components. So it's not actually ambiguous, but it still seems like using the same symbol as the one used for combining two places could make it confusing to read. Why not use a colon? -- mu'o mi'e rab.spir