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maikxlx scripsit: > I don't dispute your point that Lojban is quite rich in devices > that allow a speaker to be as precise as he likes, but I also > can't shake the belief that semantic precision was regarded as > a low priority, at least relative to syntactic non-ambiguity > and brevity. We felt it important to have the *capability* to be precise, but important also not to require it. A major goal of Lojban, which you don't mention in your list, is flexibility. -- John Cowan <jcowan@hidden.email> http://www.reutershealth.com I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_