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Far more complex, I would argue. The “compiler” (or perhaps the “linker”?) consists of laws of physics and chemistry that govern intra- and intermolecular bondi
by seandougall 8y ago
Far more complex, I would argue. The “compiler” (or perhaps the “linker”?) consists of laws of physics and chemistry that govern intra- and intermolecular bonding and protein folding with such complexity that it has been the subject of one of the largest distributed computing networks ever: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folding@home https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folding@home
- james_s_tayler 8y agoWell I would say if you're going to use the programming metaphor that perhaps it's both compiled AND interpreted. Compilation of DNA builds a phenotype and it gets interpreted during the phenotype's runtime resulting in epigenetics.