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Re:Dijkstra On the foolishness of "natural language programm... by xwiz on Thursday April 03, 2025 @10:34AM (#43570287)
This opens an interesting possibility for a purely symbol-based legal code. This would probably improve clarity when it came to legal phrases that overlap common English, and you could avoid ambiguity when it came to language constructs, like in this case[1], where some drivers were losing overtime pay because of a comma in the overtime law.

[1] https://cases.justia.com/federal/appellate-courts/ca1/16-190...

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