From xod@xxxx.xxxx Wed Apr 21 10:56:09 1999 X-Digest-Num: 120 Message-ID: <44114.120.675.959273824@eGroups.com> Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 13:56:09 -0400 (EDT) From: xod From: John Cowan > > William Tanksley wrote: > > > Nothing stops anyone -- we're all free agents. We still generally start > > out wanting to do something, and choosing the best tool for that job. If > > you want to modify a language, you'll prefer a language which is open for > > modification. > > The view of LLG (the Lojban organization) is that many people > will not learn a language that they perceive as showing a substantial > risk of change, for they are not willing to have to unlearn what > they have learned. At the present time both Lojban (de jure) and > Loglan (de facto) have stabilized, as far as I can tell. I agree! Languages are standards and have little value if others do not follow them. Lojban's baselining is a strong feature. ----- I've detected a vast, multi-wing conspiracy to provide me with Slack. They can't fool me!!