From lojbab@lojban.org Tue May 29 18:53:46 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 30 May 2001 01:53:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 90512 invoked from network); 30 May 2001 01:53:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 30 May 2001 01:53:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy-5.cais.net) (205.252.14.75) by mta3 with SMTP; 30 May 2001 01:53:44 -0000 Received: from bob.lojban.org (dynamic76.cl7.cais.net [205.177.20.76]) by stmpy-5.cais.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f4U1rdV76832; Tue, 29 May 2001 21:53:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010529215005.00d23150@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: vir1036/pop.cais.com@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 21:58:51 -0400 To: Robin Lee Powell Subject: Re: [lojban] No number base?!? Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: References: <20010529155125.J8014@digitalkingdom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" At 09:04 PM 05/29/2001 -0400, John Cowan wrote: >Robin Lee Powell scripsit: > > Why is there no sumti for number base in namcu? It is a Mex operator, ju'u > > In fact, I can find no way to ask the question: > > > > "Why do you prefer base-16?" You need liveino'o ju'u paxa >You need a selbri for "base", something like digit-string x1 represents >number x2 in base x3. The mechanism for expressing numbers >in random bases won't help. nu'a ju'u gives you numerical base as a selbri; I don't think there are rules for the place structures of such selbri 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