Panini's grammar and Boolean logic

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On Oct 6,  9:02pm, Dominik Wujastyk wrote:
> Subject: Re: Panini's grammar and Boolean logic
> On Oct 6,  8:01pm, you wrote:
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> > 	In the April, 1993 newsletter of Motilal Banarsidass, it
> > states that Rick Briggs (who works for NASA) has argued that Panini's
> > grammar is based on Boolean logic.
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> Tell Briggs that Boole (1815-1864) lived after Panini (c. 4th-5th cent. BC).

Ummm, yes, but I'm sure the author implied the reference to the body of
knowledge before it became known as Boolean logic; would you not agree that the
techniques used to construct the Egyptian pyramids were based on Newtonian
mechanics?


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