Re:What's a virus, anyway? The bare-bones basics
by tcgv on Thursday April 02, 2020 @07:47PM
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So, from a CS point of view, I guess instead of comparing DNA to procedurally executed machine code we should be comparing it to the source code of a set of classes, which once instantiated produces specific proteins that perform all sorts of biological tasks in our bodies.
In very broad terms, the segments of code in DNA/RNA acutally provide a template for specific molecules and enzymes.