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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>language lawyer</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../L.html" title="L"/><link rel="previous" href="LAN-party.html" title="LAN party"/><link rel="next" href="languages-of-choice.html" title="languages of choice"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">language lawyer</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="LAN-party.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">L</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="languages-of-choice.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="language-lawyer"/><dt xmlns="" id="language-lawyer"><b>language lawyer</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A person, usually an experienced or senior software engineer, who is
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intimately familiar with many or most of the numerous restrictions and
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features (both useful and esoteric) applicable to one or more computer
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programming languages. A language lawyer is distinguished by the ability
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to show you the five sentences scattered through a 200-plus-page manual
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that together imply the answer to your question “<span class="quote">if only you had
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thought to look there</span>”. Compare <a href="../W/wizard.html"><i class="glossterm">wizard</i></a>,
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<a href="legal.html"><i class="glossterm">legal</i></a>, <a href="legalese.html"><i class="glossterm">legalese</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="LAN-party.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../L.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="languages-of-choice.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">LAN party<74></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>languages of choice</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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