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Solving `Passport Application` with Haskell

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306 points jameshh | 1 comments | 28 Jun 25 23:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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charcircuit ◴[29 Jun 25 01:19 UTC] No.44409584[source]▶
>written in arcane language, in various texts called "acts of parliament".

>British passports are issued to those who have a claim to British nationality under the British Nationality Act 1981.

Has the British language really evolved that much in the last 50 years?

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1. nkrisc ◴[29 Jun 25 02:25 UTC] No.44409881[source]▶
It’s arcane because it’s technical, legal language. British English as a whole has not meaningfully changed that much in just 50 years.