From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Tue May 29 17:34:15 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 30 May 2001 00:34:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 73816 invoked from network); 30 May 2001 00:34:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l9.egroups.com with QMQP; 30 May 2001 00:34:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.169.75.101) by mta2 with SMTP; 30 May 2001 00:34:14 -0000 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 154twE-0003Fl-00 for ; Tue, 29 May 2001 17:34:14 -0700 Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 17:34:14 -0700 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] No number base?!? Message-ID: <20010529173414.X8014@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.18i From: Robin Lee Powell On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 12:16:14AM +0000, Jorge Llambias wrote: > > la camgusmis cusku di'e > > >Why is there no sumti for number base in namcu? > > The gi'uste says it refers to the value and not the symbol. > > >In fact, I can find no way to ask the question: > > > >"Why do you prefer base-16?" > > i mu'a lu ma krinu le nu do zmanei le me li vai ke namcu selyle'u li'u That doesn't parse. Even if it did, I wouldn't have even the most basic clue as to what the hell you were talking about. It sounds like you're asking 'Why do you like the letters associated with hexadecimal numbering?' which is a completely different question. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ BTW, I'm male, honest. le datni cu djica le nu zifre .iku'i .oi le so'e datni cu to'e te pilno je xlali -- RLP http://www.lojban.org/