>>>"A US federal agency is considering the use of computing languages to specify legal requirements."
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>>>http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/04/19/2114251/SEC-Proposes-Wall-Street-Transparency-Via-Python
>
>For sure, there will be pluses, minuses, and consequences... but I just thought the concept of replacing legal English (or your legal language of choice) with a programming language is an interesting approach to that quagmire.

I'm pretty sure it won't happen - too many earn their living by creating contracts and fighting over them afterwards.
It would at least be a nice boon if they had to use these programs later on -
no "errors" stemming from implementing the specs later into spreadsheets.

IF it happens, I want to see if it really helps investors realize the pitfalls of some finance bundles
or if a new job description of "emphasizing certain aspects via GUI" will be created to offset the information again.
BTW: you can already extend Excel with python even into using the scientific/statistic libraries -
so python makes a lot more sense than the everywhere implemented javascript.

regards

thomas