I’ve always loved this description of how DNA and programming differ: “ Do genes behave like lines of computer code? Our April puzzle discussed ways in which g

I’ve always loved this description of how DNA and programming differ: “ Do genes behave like lines of computer code? Our April puzzle discussed ways in which genes hold true to this analogy: They have control structures commonplace in computer programs, such as “if-then” logic, “do loops,” timing routines and cascading “subroutine calls.” We also listed some ways that DNA programs differ from ordinary computer programs: Genes program three-dimensional structures from scratch in a water-based medium, using massive parallelism and swarm programming while making use of, and being constrained by, the laws of physics and chemistry.” https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-dna-computer-program-puzzle-solution-20180427/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-dna-computer-program-puzz...