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Ok, that is amazing. How long before llvm has dna support? Once that happens you will be able to make a self hosting dna builder, and have a bunch of high leve

• ben_w 8y ago
  Hmm. On the one hand that’ll be great for cosmetic surgery and furries (grow compatible but different body parts in vitro); on the other hand, do we really want to live in a world of constant security patches for our DNA because someone’s found a new vulnerability that hackers can exploit? Or worse, CSS for limbs?
  • myrryr 8y ago
    Or worse, have to deal with viruses... Oh, wait....
    • ben_w 8y ago
      Natural viruses aren’t malicious; they even have evolutionary pressure to become self limiting. Artificial ones, not so much. Natural ones also appear far more infrequently than computer viruses, and I’d expect the same pattern with artificial organisms.
      • Drakim 8y ago
        The same is true for computer viruses! Being a huge menace to your computer host is a good way to get yourself deleted. The best computer viruses are careful and spread silently.
        • Avamander 8y ago
          And in both cases I'm sure we haven't even found the most silent virus there is.