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! #$% ((( )*( +, +,,-. -+( +,,-. • Involved “accidentally” via prior language work • Learned many fascinating things – Certainly related to future of computing – Possibly related to software, in the standard sense of prog. languages and devel. tools – “VS for biotech” • Here to tell you – Some of the most surprising things I learned (from a “software engineering” point of view) – A little bit of what we did – Need to explain, first, what systems we are trying to describe 2003-08-07 2 • How cells work: – DNA stores information – Ribosomes are instructed (by DNA) to assemble proteins – Proteins (10000) do things: • Process signals, activate DNA • Catalyze reactions to produce substances (including ribosomes) • Control energy (ATP) production and consumption – Bootstrapping still a mystery Like: try to reconstruct • Happened a long time ago; not DOS sources by looking at NT kernel. well understood, but who cares. 2003-08-07 3 +$-#/ • A cell is the “smallest self-contained functional unit”, often also an independent organism. – Small enough and general enough to be interesting. • Fun to try and understand in “our” terms. – As complex as Windows? 10 times Windows? 10 million times Windows? – How is it structured? Why is it structured that way? – Could it be done better? – What kind of “development tools” would we (or