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Comment by jester997

9 hours ago

Lawyers would be better suited to argue what programming is because they know logic. There’s not much to algorithms: do this, then do that.

Programmers typically don’t know law outside of which license allows them to get code for free.

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konart  7 hours ago

> There’s not much to algorithms: do this, then do that.

Yeah, and how many of drivers or software engineers can fix their car's engine? Just a few. Even though in priciple there's not much to it.

KellyCriterion  8 hours ago

a) I have never met a Lawyer who was able to write a single code line

b) I have met Lawyer colleagues who didnt know how build a =SUM() in Excel

So, I doubt....

  • otterley  8 hours ago

    > a) I have never met a Lawyer who was able to write a single code line

    That doesn't mean they don't exist. I went to law school with many former software engineers, many of whom are now prosecuting patents on behalf of high tech companies, and some of whom went back to engineering (like me).

    "I have never met ______" is of no consequence to anyone; it's an argument style best avoided unless you're talking about deities or space aliens.