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terseness (was: ago)
la djer. cusku di'e
> I
> believe that for lojban to be more than a toy, it must equal the best
> languages of the world in conciseness as well as exceeding them in
> precision and consistency. It is hard for me to believe that there are
> unbeatable tradeoffs here. Optimization can produce a language with the
> best of both worlds. We are at the beginning. Either we do it or
> another language will be spawned.
To paraphrase Dennis Ritchie,
"If you want English, you know where to find it."
--
John Cowan sharing account <lojbab@access.digex.net> for now
e'osai ko sarji la lojban.
- References:
- ago
- From: Gerald Koenig <jlk@NETCOM.COM>