Example of the GOV Programming-Language.pdf
Exᴀᴍᴘʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ GOV Pʀᴏɢʀᴀᴍᴍɪɴɢ-Lᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇ
v.:0.3.1
Note: the following is written in Theodian English.
1 0 START: GLOSSARY;
2 0 SECCION: CALLS;
3 0 CALL: "The Constitucion of the Kyngdom of Theodia" v.:2.0.0 As “Constitucion”;
4 1 SECCION: PRECEDER_KEYS;
5 0 _DESCR; This value should be a descripcion of the item in question (precedes
6 others)
7 1 _NAME; This should be the name of the item in question (precedes others)
8 2 SECCION: NORMAL_KEYS;
9 0 BACKING; This value should be what the currency is backed-by
10 1 JURISDICCION; This value should be the jurisdiccion of the item
11 2 RATE; This value should be the rate of interest/demurrage imposed on the
12 currency
13 3 REGULACION; This value dictates whether the currency should be regulated (if
14 yes, then by whom)
15 3 SECCION: FUNCCIONAL_KEYS;
16 0 IF; The first part of a condicional statement
17 1 THEN; If the first part of the condicional statement is true, then do this
18 2 ELSE; If the first part of the condicional statement is false, then do this
19 4 SECCION: DEFINICIONS;
20 0 DEFINE: GDP-fiat: (1) a fiat currency whose value is based-upon the country's
21 GDP divided by how many units of currency exist
22 1 END: GLOSSARY;
23
24 2 START: Currency;
25 0 SET: Nacional Currency;
26 0 _DESCR : This is the currency that will be used as the backing of the regional
27 currencies;
28 1 _NAME : Theodian Decim;
29 2 BACKING : Other currency, GDP fiat;
30 3 JURISDICCION : Theodia;
31 4 RATE : Within ±5% of the {Constitucion\Currency\Nacional Currency\NAME|Noun } 's
32 rate of inflacion/deflacion;
33 5 REGULACION : Currency-board;
34 1 END: Nacional Currency;
35 2 SET: Regional Currency;
36 0 _DESCR : This is the currency that will be used in each region of Theodia;
37 1 _NAME : {Region\NAME|Adj } Decim;
38 2 BACKING : Other currency, GDP fiat;
39 3 JURISDICCION : Regions;
40 4 RATE : -0.25% to -1.25% per day;
41 5 REGULACION : Currency-board;
42 3 END: Regional Currency;
43 3 END: Currency;
44
Normal (the meanings of this and the above are quite equal, but the point that normally, legal text can be difficult to
interpret, remember, etc. is still made):
The nacional currency of the Kyngdom of Theodia will be called the Theodian Decim. Its value will be adjusted by a
currency-board. It will be either backed by another country's currency or fiat per Theodia's GDP.
Every region in Theodia will have its own regional currency, which will be backed by the Theodian Decim and
controlled by a currency-board. These must have a demurrage-tax of between 1% and 10%, adjustable by the
currency-board.
Benefits of GOV:
It keeps data simple, easy, accurate, concise, and organized, all while making it difficult to forget things. As it is
meant to be parsed by man, the funccions may be invented on the spot, so long as they are entered-into the glossary.
It is more difficult to convolute/bloat GOV-scripts than it is to convolute/bloat plain English. You won’t need to
spend thousands of dollar on interpretation and court-cases to figure-out how to get it work. Laws written in GOV
won’t take ten years to figure-out like some American laws. It basically rtakes all of the important points and bullet-
points them. This innovation could really improve the state of law and consequently our lives in the 21st century.
Drawbacks of GOV:
It takes a lot more time to use properly than plain English does. It also takes-up more space. It uses colour-ink. But
for the most part, it simply requires that you not be lazy.
License: Old BSD
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