From lojbab@lojban.org Sun May 07 12:51:57 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26059 invoked from network); 7 May 2000 19:51:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m1.onelist.org with QMQP; 7 May 2000 19:51:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy.cais.net) (205.252.14.63) by mta1 with SMTP; 7 May 2000 19:51:57 -0000 Received: from bob (209-8-89-112.dynamic.cais.com [209.8.89.112]) by stmpy.cais.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA24494; Sun, 7 May 2000 15:50:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000507155201.00aadf00@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: vir1036/pop.cais.com@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 15:54:18 -0400 To: PILCH Hartmut Subject: Re: [lojban] centripetal / big endian pattern Cc: lojban@egroups.com In-Reply-To: References: <4.2.2.20000507144806.00ab24a0@127.0.0.1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" At 07:35 PM 05/07/2000 +0000, you wrote: > > Internet URLs are designed for computers and are not a human language, > > hence are irrelevant. > >URLs are human language, mi na tavla bau la URL > IP addresses are computer language. URLs are codes for IP addresses. They are not "language", much less human language. > > Lojban is not concerned with what "should be". This is not a language > > reform project. the question is what is internally consistent with the > > language design, which is not optimal nor is it trying to be. > >Exactly. To me, little endian dates seem inconsistent with the language >design of Lojban and consistent with the habits of English. And German, and a lot of other languages. lojbab ---- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org (newly updated!)