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Re: calling all nay sayers, we want opinions quick!
- To: John Cowan <cowan@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Raymond <eric@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Tiedemann <est@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>
- Subject: Re: calling all nay sayers, we want opinions quick!
- From: cbmvax!uunet!VIIKKI21.HELSINKI.FI!VILVA
- Reply-To: cbmvax!uunet!viikki21.helsinki.fi!vilva
- Sender: Lojban list <cbmvax!uunet!CUVMA.BITNET!uga.cc.uga.edu!LOJBAN>
After weighing the proposal and the opinions expressed I am in favour
of the proposal.
> So the pros are increased expressivity, including some identifiably
> useful forms, and some increase of regularity.
It always pays to eliminate all unnecessary irregularities.
> The cons are that this
> is a change to a well-learned language feature, a real relearning
> problem that can be minimized but not eliminated, and that we may open
> some semantic nightmares that we might wish to avoid.
I am not relearning so it is no problem for me. I think it is easier
to cope with the nightmares if the language is more regular.
Veijo