Re: Lojban and AI

From: Robin Lee Powell (rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org)
Date: Mon Mar 14 2005 - 14:00:23 MST


On Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 10:42:08PM -0500, Ben Goertzel wrote:
>
> Hey Robin
>
> > On the other hand
> > mi ca ba'o tavla le vecnu be since
> > means "I have now talked to the seller of snakes,"
> >
> > Actually, it's a syntax error. You want "mi ca ba'o tavla le vecnu
> > be lo since"
> >
> > -Robin
>
> Obviously I'm a Lojban novice (though I believe I understand
> Lojban well as a conceptual and formal system, I have memorized
> few of the details so far)... but anyway I don't quite see why
> this is a *syntax* error or even a *semantics* error...

Sent privately due to being both quite long and wildly off-topic;
e-mail if you want a copy.

-Robin

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