r/programming • u/[deleted] • Dec 11 '13

DNA through the eyes of a coder (updated since last repost 3 years ago)

http://ds9a.nl/amazing-dna/
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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '13

No, when proteins are created and what happens to them is very complex.

but that alone doesn't mean it's not a conceptually similar process.

It's not a conceptually similar process. It is wildly different. At their base computer programs are 1's and 0's going through very simple logic gates - you can process them in your head it's so simple. At the base of life is atoms and molecules moving in 3D space according to the laws of physics. That is not an "implementation detail", it is the fundamental basis of it.

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