Kinda related: there are various genomes that encode overlapping genes. This makes them very compact in that they take less physical space to achieve the same e

Kinda related: there are various genomes that encode overlapping genes. This makes them very compact in that they take less physical space to achieve the same end result, In this analogy, the language is the genome (DNA or RNA) and the program is the set of proteins that make up the virus or whatnot. As far as I know, there aren't any computer programming languages that do this. Not that I want them to... A reference: http://www.bookrags.com/research/overlapping-genes-gen-03/ http://www.bookrags.com/research/overlapping-genes-gen-03/