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Legislation is literally the code of society.

• JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  Sort of. It’s more akin to design guidelines.
  • epistasis 2y ago
    By "literally" I mean that the name for it is the Code of Law, with a civil code, and a criminal code. And this usage of "code" predates computer programming by many centuries!
    • 6510 2y ago
      is it safe?
      • epistasis 2y ago
        Absolutely not. It regularly performs invalid rights on unallocated memory and even kills people.
        • 6510 2y ago
          does it map closely enough for an obvious replacement ...uhhh language?
• joquarky 2y ago
  So let's put it in a code versioning system.