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Re:Ask HN: Why is law stuff seemingly against normal people? by Someone on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @02:40AM (#13528545)
Every single sentence by a judge or jury is a unit test (which may have bugs itself that get corrected by higher courts)
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Re:Ask HN: Why is law stuff seemingly against normal people? by benchaney on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @04:44AM (#13529136)
No, a sentence by a judge or jury is running the program in the wild. A unit test would be a hypothetical scenario that documents the intent of the lawmaker.
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