So, what would be my desired features?
* Inline comments, perhaps using the hash-symbol "#"
* Semantic or Regex-ish alternatives to IUPAC such as [TA] instead of W
for "either T or A"
* Code variables.
We invented the light-build long before we understood QFT. We'll be
building amazing cellular machines long before we really understand
them quantitatively. Synbio's (and diybio's) biggest sin is
repeatedly elevating the convenient metaphors with EE/CS into a
slick-looking action plan that doesn't respect the fundamental
differences between these machine architectures.
unless you need to add methylation info, etc... 2 bits compared to
ASCIIs 8 bits is still a 25% reduction in storage and transmission
bandwidth.
[...] people accuse me of pessimism when pointing out that DNA isn't like software programming.
"... there is no source, the bytecode has multiple reentrent abstractions, is unstable and has a very low signal to noise ratio, the runtime is unbootstrappable, the execution is nondeterministic, it tries to randomly integrate and execute code from other computers... multiple reentrant and self-modifying abstractions. absolutely everything has subtle side effects."
For example, a class-like construct might be used to create a gene
on-the-fly from a passed amino string; this is basically the workflow of
your prototypical synthetic biology project, functionalised into one
chunk. And since that's a task that we repeat a lot, what's wrong with
functionalising it as part of our marked-up genome? You may find it
insulting, as it introduces von-neumann paradigms, but the way I see it
it just presents the genome in a more visible and readable format at the
engineering side of things, while making no difference to the final DNA.
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I think the attitude comes from being told how to make a "democratized"
How do you see the future of genetic engineering design? I would definitely want to know.
Patents are better than closed source though, right?
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