Using Lojban for Computer-related applications, AI, programming, etc.

[Thom Quinn <swo@EXECPC.COM>]

Please read the following clipping from the Lojban Website. Has anyone
tried using Lojban for computer programming, AI, or any real computer
application? IF so, please get back to me!

Thanks,
Thom Quinn
thomquinn@esosoft.com
swo@execpc.com

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Are there other uses for Lojban?

    Yes, several.  Due  to its unambiguous grammar and simple structure,
it also can be easily parsed (broken down for analysis) by computers,
making it possible for Lojban to be used in the future for
computer-human interaction, and perhaps conversation. Lojban's structure
is similar to existing artificial intelligence (AI) programming
languages, and will likely be a most powerful tool in AI processing,
especially in the storing and processing of data about the world and
people's conceptions of it.
There are also linguists interested in Lojban's potential as an
intermediate language in computer-aided translation of natural
languages. Because Lojban was designed to be culturally neutral, and has
a powerful vocabulary easily learned by people of different language
origins, some are interested in Lojban's potential as an international
language.  These are only the beginnings of the Lojban applications that
will be developed in the future.

Is Lojban a computer language?

Lojban was designed as a human language, and not as a computer language.
It is therefore intended for use in conversation, reading, writing, and
thinking.  However, since Lojban can be processed by a computer much
more easily than can a natural language, it is only a matter of time
before Lojban-based computer applications are developed.  Learning and
using Lojban doesn't require you to know anything about computers       or to
talk like one.
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