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inopinatus on Nov 25, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: My unusual hobby

The law is not a programming language. Believing so is a common misconception amongst engineers, but representing it as such is likely (as I have said in this forum before) to lead to disappointment, frustration, anger, needless bickering, extended conflict, and vexatiously long, hard to read, and mostly unenforceable contracts.

amazingman on Dec 5, 2017 | [–]

It’s a useful metaphor, if used judiciously. The law may not be programming, but it could be argued that it is engineering.

mcguire on Nov 26, 2017 | [–]

... like a lot of meetings with engineers. Particularly standards meetings.

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