mcinerny@cs.rochester.edu (Michael McInerny) (04/30/88)
I'm looking for the Loglan Institute, last known to exist at 2261 Soledad Rancho Rd. San Diego, CA 92109 or a current address for Dr. James Cooke Brown. Unfortunately, it appears that they no longer exist in the San Diego area. What I'd like to know is where I can find them, or any of their research materials on Loglan. Loglan is a constructed language with interesting implications as a "natural" language for computers. There was an article about it in June 1960 issue of Scientific American, authored by James Cooke Brown. Thanks for your time! -Michael McInerny University of Rochester
jim@randvax.UUCP (Jim Gillogly) (05/05/88)
There is considerable disarray today in the Loglan world, so I'll answer
both the question you asked and the one you didn't ask. My most recent
address for Dr. Brown (known as JCB in the biz) and the Loglan Institute:
Dr. James Cooke Brown
The Loglan Institute, Inc.
1701 Northeast 75th Street
Gainesville, FL 32601
Loglan has been on the verge of Going Public Again (GPA) for several years
now. (Let me pause to state that the TLA's (Three-Letter Acronyms) are
theirs, not mine.) Dr. Brown has been out of town on vacation for some
months, and when he isn't around the Institute is pretty much at a
stand-still. I don't know the current plan for release, but there was
a release of some materials known as NB3 (Notebook 3) last summer.
There has been a good deal of disaffection in the community, largely because
of the perceived lack of progress and the cost of staying in the know.
Recently Bob and Nora LeChevalier
2904 Beau Lane
Fairfax VA 22031
have recreated the language based on JCB's principles but without using
his specific words, in order to avoid copyrights and get on with it. They've
produced a flashcard program that runs on the IBM PC and teaches vocabulary
for their dialect of Loglan. It's too early to guess how it will all turn
out, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a lawsuit.
I have the LeChevaliers' permission to post the (shareware) flashcard program
to the net if there's sufficient interest.
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Jim Gillogly {hplabs,ihnp4}!sdcrdcf!randvax!jim jim@rand-unix.arpa