terseness (was: ago)

[Logical Language Group <lojbab>]

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.