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DNA seen through the eyes of a coder

• aerique 14y ago
  Whoa, what an interesting read for the uninitiated! And considering the page has already been up for many years I'm surprised I hadn't come across it before. Especially the chapters "Holy Code" and "Makefile" contained information I never expected. Thanks for the link although it looks like it will not hit the front page.
• thespin 14y ago
  Bert, you forgot epigenetics, specifically methylation. Or maybe that was intentional, since technically this is "code" that is passed outside of DNA. But it forms a significant and mysterious part of the "final program". Not to be ignored.
• Patient0 14y ago
  I first encountered the term "intron" when reading about Quines: http://www.madore.org/~david/computers/quine.html http://www.madore.org/~david/computers/quine.html which made me wonder if "introns" in DNA are similar. After all, DNA can also be viewed as a "program" that prints its own source code out...
• clueless123 14y ago
  As a coder this is a fascinating read, but since this is the internet I am dying to hear from more educated readers on how close to reality it is.(that is why I hang around here) any takers?