Comment by diogenes4
3 years ago
> If anything, you get goofy confusion about what things "are?" My go-to on this is always the "smart contract" -- which can be useful little bits of automated robot money moving code, but emphatically are neither "smart" nor "contracts."
They are contracts—just not legal contracts. One of many types of contracts in the world that are not legal constructs.
> They are contracts—just not legal contracts
I think this proves op’s point of goofy confusion for what things are.
Like, what language is? I'm not sure i get the point.
Most contracts are intended to be enforceable by law, as far as I know. Which kind of non-enforceable contracts did you have in mind?
Software-interface contracts generally aren’t (cf. Design by Contract). The parent is correct insofar as the use of the word “contract” is not limited to contracts as defined by law.
Right, I mean, I've heard this use and I think it's kind of silly.
It's like calling a hopefully-completed-circuit in some device an "electric contract" or something like that.
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Social contracts? Personal contracts? God-sworn oaths? Covenants? The legal system is just a small corner of the universe.