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I guess the main thing is that there is basically infinite demand for more things in software. Law is very similar to software in this way. They both also take
by loteck 6y ago
I guess the main thing is that there is basically infinite demand for more things in software.
Law is very similar to software in this way. They both also take a long time to write & are never actually "finished."
- pm90 6y agoThis is an interesting analogy. However, I would argue that Law is less constrained by the laws of nature. If a program is broken, even the best programmer in the world may not be able to fix it if they can't diagnose the underlying problem. Whereas in law; there is no such problem. If a law is found to be bad, you change it. Most reasonably competent lawyers could come up with a solution. Not to say that creativity and intelligence isn't required, the constraints are just different. (You do hit the laws of nature at some point, but I believe there are guardrails in law that prevent this from happening; e.g. no judge will sentence a person to run a million miles even if some combination of inane laws may require that as punishment).