[epistasis]

Legislation is literally the code of society.

[JumpCrisscross]

Sort of. It’s more akin to design guidelines.

[epistasis]

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]

is it safe?

[epistasis]

Absolutely not. It regularly performs invalid rights on unallocated memory and even kills people.

[6510]

does it map closely enough for an obvious replacement ...uhhh language?

[joquarky]

So let's put it in a code versioning system.