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It will not compile (sarcasm).

Many laws are written with a lot of double meaning (recent eu regulations on allowing or not allowing russian cars is a good example).

Though, it could be a good idea to find all the possible double meanings or vague definition when trying to "digitise" the laws into the programming language.



Right, some laws are just ftp-dragged & dropped to prod, understanding that it doesn't compile yet. But if legislator managed to express the _intention_ the courts will over time add and make all test cases pass.

I'm sure the mentality of a PHP developer running a successful but insane legacy site is a better model for this than a perfect OCAML project :)




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