From lojbab@lojban.org Fri Apr 27 10:43:17 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_2); 27 Apr 2001 17:43:17 -0000 Received: (qmail 25476 invoked from network); 27 Apr 2001 17:37:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l8.egroups.com with QMQP; 27 Apr 2001 17:37:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy-3.cais.net) (205.252.14.73) by mta3 with SMTP; 27 Apr 2001 17:37:13 -0000 Received: from bob.lojban.org (180.dynamic.cais.com [207.226.56.180]) by stmpy-3.cais.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f3RHbCY81104 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2001 13:37:12 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010427133734.00c49420@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: vir1036/pop.cais.com@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 13:40:14 -0400 To: Subject: Re: [lojban] Chemistry In-Reply-To: References: <0104261456100E.01394@neofelis> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" At 06:42 PM 04/26/2001 -0400, Value Yourself wrote: >It's possible that Mathematics is not the only field that deserves its >own sub-branch of Lojban. This could be another case. > >This could be implemented in the heretical manner of using a special cmavo >to turn Chemistry mode on and off. I think you have it exactly right: chemical names are best expressed using Mex, and Mex almost certainly is robust enough to handle it. You need to define operators for the various forms of chemical interaction (we'll let the chemists do that - there are plenty of ways to make operators). A chemical formula is nothing more than a mathematical expression. 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