It's inside the memory of the machine, which means we have access to it, we can change it, we can use it to build new pieces of code, as well as we can interpret it.
To outlaw traditional light bulbs would curtail the public's access to perhaps the cheapest and most effective meansof making their homes more attractive, namely the thoughtful use of interior lighting.
In fact, to the extent that more education means more specialization of the U.S. workforce, it is helpful to have access to have flexible and dynamic foreign labor markets.