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The dreaded word "only"
- To: John Cowan <cowan@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Raymond <eric@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Tiedemann <est@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>
- Subject: The dreaded word "only"
- From: Major <cbmvax!uunet!PTA.PYRAMID.COM.AU!cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu!major>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1992 14:05:23 +1100
- In-Reply-To: "Mark E. Shoulson"'s message of Wed, 15 Jan 1992 09:05:59 EST <199201151410.AA25081@pta.pyramid.com.au>
- Reply-To: Major <cbmvax!uunet!PTA.PYRAMID.COM.AU!cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu!major>
- Sender: Lojban list <cbmvax!uunet!CUVMA.BITNET!cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu!LOJBAN>
"Mark E. Shoulson" <shoulson@CTR.COLUMBIA.EDU> writes:
> "lat." is not a valid cmene for the same reason as above (tho in
> this case it's hard to see how it would break up; even if you
> consider it to be syllabic [with buffer vowel], I doubt most would accept
> "t." as a cmene).
"T" is the name of the truth constant in most implementations of lisp.
A discussion of a lisp program might well want to refer to "the thing
named 'T'". Moral: No exceptions! Dig a hole and someone *will* fall
in it.
Major