So, universe is like Haskel ;) Purely functional API, but under all of that there's still imperative machine code. Also, the conspiracy may be a good thing. If

So, universe is like Haskel ;) Purely functional API, but under all of that there's still imperative machine code. Also, the conspiracy may be a good thing. If you have self-replicating and mutating code on your computer you should put some sandbox around it, or it might evolve to buy more RAM on ebay. Or, more realistically - will crash the system.