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throwaway914 on Jan 10, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Does DNA have the equivalent of IF-statements, WHI...

I'm equating this to condition-less coding, where you're trying to eliminate branching logic with bitwise operators or other math.

chaorace on Jan 10, 2024 [–]

Yeah, except you can only change one line at a time and you lose all of your changes if it doesn't compile at any point.

koeng on Jan 10, 2024 | [–]

Sex changes many lines at a time. But you do die if it doesn’t compile.

mrguyorama on Jan 10, 2024 | | [–]

My friend who has a defective genome including a specific enzyme that doesn't "compile" and he is plenty alive

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