Comment on Coding for LawyersComments−mooreds11ySince law is "code for society", I am all on favor of equipping its practitioners with more insight into software.−adamc11yThat's a pretty loose analogy. Law doesn't execute. I guess you could think of it as source, but the execution engine is a lot more, um, variable.−jackweirdy11yNot to mention society changes law, and when society doesn't like law, they can ditch it and make a new one−the_watcher11yThat's an extremely optimistic view of how easy it is to ditch laws.−esquivalience11yIn fact, only the law can execute.−rayiner11yCode doesn't execute itself either, to be fair./compiler geek
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Since law is "code for society", I am all on favor of equipping its practitioners with more insight into software.
That's a pretty loose analogy. Law doesn't execute. I guess you could think of it as source, but the execution engine is a lot more, um, variable.
Not to mention society changes law, and when society doesn't like law, they can ditch it and make a new one
That's an extremely optimistic view of how easy it is to ditch laws.
In fact, only the law can execute.
Code doesn't execute itself either, to be fair.
/compiler geek