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oblio • today at 5:14 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Law and code are only superficially similar as law always requires human interpretation plus law is an interface to reality. Code can stay contained in its nice, little, abstract box.


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drivebyhooting • today at 5:44 PM

So every lawsuit dispute, divorce, traffic injury, etc… is a completely novel case that requires depths of creativity far beyond simple CRUD apps or solving 377 open math problems.

Makes sense.

dfdydx • today at 5:39 PM

Isn’t code an interface to reality as well?

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