From rob@twcny.rr.com Wed May 16 14:09:13 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: rob@twcny.rr.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 16 May 2001 21:09:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 33608 invoked from network); 16 May 2001 21:07:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 16 May 2001 21:07:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mailout1-1.nyroc.rr.com) (24.92.226.146) by mta1 with SMTP; 16 May 2001 21:07:16 -0000 Received: from mail1.twcny.rr.com (mail1-0 [24.92.226.74]) by mailout1-1.nyroc.rr.com (8.11.2/RoadRunner 1.03) with ESMTP id f4GL5L027229 for ; Wed, 16 May 2001 17:05:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from riff ([24.95.175.101]) by mail1.twcny.rr.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-59787U250000L250000S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Wed, 16 May 2001 17:05:21 -0400 Received: from rob by riff with local (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 1508T7-0000H8-00 for ; Wed, 16 May 2001 17:04:29 -0400 Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 17:04:29 -0400 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Back to the GNOME stuff Message-ID: <20010516170429.A555@twcny.rr.com> Reply-To: rob@twcny.rr.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.17i In-Reply-To: ; from edward.cherlin.sy.67@aya.yale.edu on Wed, May 16, 2001 at 12:21:52PM -0700 X-Is-It-Not-Nifty: www.sluggy.com From: Rob Speer On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 12:21:52PM -0700, Edward Cherlin wrote: > That's exactly what I was suggesting. The proposed definition > overspecifies "source code" by assuming that it is to be compiled to > machine language. I think "program text" is better suited to be the > defining metaphor. I didn't make a lujvo for "source code", I made one for "compiler". So the "source code" place in that lujvo only refers to source code to be compiled. There is already a lujvo for "source code" which is {samselpla}, which should be general enough for your demands. -- Rob Speer