yshklarov

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   by yshklarov 11y ago

   I did not mean to imply that the volume of code was directly tied to its value. I understand that value stems from functionality and not from quantity of code. But functionality does stem from code, as jsprogrammer said. If your code does X
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   by yshklarov 11y ago

   This strikes me as some sort of Orwellian contortion. It really is a matter of your point of view. Insofar as code is correlated with functionality (and it is at least to some degree), code can be viewed as an asset. In addition, code can
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   by yshklarov 13y ago

   A correction: The chapter at http://www.biostat.wisc.edu/~craven/hunter.pdf is actually the first chapter of "Artificial Intelligence and Molecular Biology": http://mitpress.mit.edu/books&#x2F
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   by yshklarov 14y ago

   But before the kids could use general strategies, they had to work out the details. You're right, the spiral rule is probably unwieldy in practice. But until a programmer can recognize the patterns, the rule can be used as a learning aid.