Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Communicating with a court official in English is in no way
> analogous to communicating with a computer in English.
You see, that's your problem. In fact, it's exactly analogous. To be useful, law must be predictable. That predictability comes from the written laws, from examination of how those laws have been applied in similar situations, and from the procedures that keep the process properly flowing. All of this is done by professionals in a stylized manner whose relation to ordinary English communication is not dissimilar to the way computer programming languages are related to ordinary English. Inserting amateurs will only gum up the works, not make things better, the same as in any other profession. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
