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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> </td><th width="60%" align="center">L</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <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
intimately familiar with many or most of the numerous restrictions and
features (both useful and esoteric) applicable to one or more computer
programming languages. A language lawyer is distinguished by the ability
to show you the five sentences scattered through a 200-plus-page manual
that together imply the answer to your question &#8220;<span class="quote">if only you had
thought to look there</span>&#8221;. Compare <a href="../W/wizard.html"><i class="glossterm">wizard</i></a>,
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