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No - DNA is not object code; it's much closer to Lisp. Some of it is code, some of it is data, some of it is macros. And it's all the self-modifying output of
by MaysonL 18y ago
No - DNA is not object code; it's much closer to Lisp.
Some of it is code, some of it is data, some of it is macros.
And it's all the self-modifying output of random genetic algorithms.
- etal 18y agoDNA is trillions of monkeys typing on typewriters for 4.5 billion years and throwing away every page that doesn't contain any readable words. And sometimes a page happens to turn into another monkey, typewriter or page. Actually, I can't think of an analogy that come close to describing the hairiness of biology. It's the origin of all hair; it eclipses all else.