Re: Language superiority, improvement, etc.

On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Gerald Koenig wrote:

> Amen. It may not be easy, it may take many many versions, but here at
> conlang we are all blazing the trail of accelerated language evolution.
Speak for yourself. Scott Jann and I are creating pala-kalloejna for
two specific purposes:

1) as a work of art, based on our own highly arbitrary and personal
aesthetics (i.e., we don't think it's beautiful, we think we think it's
beautiful).
2) To be easily computable (and thus formal).

It is fit for the purpose of computation, because we're making it that
way. That DOES NOT mean that it is "better", "more efficient" or whatever.
Gains we make in some areas (unambiguous string parsing) are losses in
others (no poetic ambiguity). pala-kalloejna is fit for some purposes, not
others...kinda like a natlang, huh?

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