From jjllambias@hotmail.com Thu Feb 22 18:16:03 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_0_4); 23 Feb 2001 02:15:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 83318 invoked from network); 23 Feb 2001 02:15:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 23 Feb 2001 02:15:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.241.211) by mta2 with SMTP; 23 Feb 2001 02:15:26 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 22 Feb 2001 18:15:25 -0800 Received: from 200.41.210.9 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 23 Feb 2001 02:15:25 GMT X-Originating-IP: [200.41.210.9] To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] set mechanics Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 02:15:25 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Feb 2001 02:15:25.0528 (UTC) FILETIME=[7BB3AD80:01C09D3E] From: "Jorge Llambias" >From: Robin Lee Powell > >I disagree with that; I really enjoy sets and find them very useful. >But then again, technically me Bachelor's (which isn't quite complete) >is in Math, so I'm biased. 8) I enjoy Set Theory very much too, I just don't see that the implementation of sets in Lojban is very good. >I can't think of good examples, but I find those in the book quite >compelling. I don't. I find that it is very difficult to work them into the language expressions, and that when they are used, usually they're misused. This is not a big problem, because the intent is usually quite clear, but what's the point? co'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.