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Re: [engelang] Xorban multivar bindings; "complements"



On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 7:59 AM, And Rosta <and.rosta@hidden.email> wrote:
 

Mike S., On 30/08/2012 03:54:


> what does suffixing to predicates two -fX or five extra -kX mean?

Multiple -fX are probably vacuous, unless we can think of something useful for them. Five extra -kX changes the predicate into one with arity n+5.


> I don't think the meaning of event-interpreted Bafe is very clear.

Bafe = E is a state of affairs in which Ba... is the case.

That's not clear.  There are at three possible interpretations for that _expression_.

1. Bafe Ra Pa => Ba Rafe Pa
2. Bafe Ra Pa => Ba Ra Pafe
3. Bafe Ra Pa => Ba Rafe Pafe