Yes, but... the law is not rational. It will execute the code you give it.

gear54rus · on Oct 1, 2014

Exactly. This is precisely the point. It will interpret and execute whatever code is thrown at it. The problem is that the code is NOT DETERMINISTIC (or non-deterministic, whatever). It can be interpreted in a variety of different ways.

This and the fact that 'compiled' code is sometimes altered by applying some money-based side effects gives us some pretty ridiculous results.

Correct me if I'm wrong but there's no easy way to fix this problem.

Roboprog · on Oct 1, 2014

Don't think of it as corruption, think of it as aspect oriented programming!

BEFORE: go to jail

APPLY: expensive lawyer, public pressure

diminoten · on Sept 30, 2014

A large part of the US judicial system relies on people to take laws and find rational and reasonable interpretations.

mortenjorck · on Sept 30, 2014

It is JIT-compiled though, and courts will throw compiler errors from time to time.

seanflyon · on Sept 30, 2014

But those jury nullification errors are non-deterministic, so you can't rely on them.