"Richard B. Johnson" wrote:
> The term "illegal" historically refers to laws. Laws are rules
> enacted by governments.
As definition (a) in the OED makes clear.
But then the OED also says:
b. Lawless, irregular. Obs. rare.
1728 R. MORRIS Ess. Anc. Archit. 20 How preferable the Beauties of ancient Architecture are to the illegal Practices of our modern Builders.
So if bad architecture can be illegal, I guess bad operands can be too.
Nik
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