Good point - maybe the analogy to computation arises simply because digital computation and the synthesis of DNA, RNA and proteins are all performed by discrete-state machines?

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jes5199 3 days ago | parent [-]

does DNA/RNA keep state other than the position of the read head?

	▲	mannykannot 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Not as far as I know, but that is not saying much.