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===The legal if=== | ===The legal if=== | ||
It is to just this kind of simplicity and functional clarity that a legal contract ought to aspire. But | It is to just this kind of simplicity and functional clarity that a legal contract ought to aspire. But here’s the difference: Computer code depends on a dumb client to faithfully interpret and flawlessly implement the code. If it doesn’t, his programme won’t work. A [[Mediocre lawyer|lawyer]], by contrast, depends on his dumb client getting confused and coming back to ask what it all means. | ||
So the diligent lawyer writes not with clarity and simplicity, but densely and with {{tag|flannel}}. The most basic of operators - [[if]] - he renders as “[[in the event that]]”. A single [[conjunction]] replaced by a [[preposition]], a [[definite article]], a [[noun]] and a different [[conjunction]]. | So the diligent lawyer writes not with a coder’s clarity and simplicity, but densely and with {{tag|flannel}}. The most basic of operators - [[if]] - he renders as “[[in the event that]]”. A single [[conjunction]] replaced by a [[preposition]], a [[definite article]], a [[noun]] and a different [[conjunction]]. | ||
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