[ExI] Tim May and DNA

[Keith Henson]

In talking to Vernor Vinge after Tim May died, he mentioned

"Way back, I had a long chat with him at a mutual friends' place. He
had many cool ideas. One, in particular, I haven't seen elsewhere:
that the complexity of biology is underestimated because things like
DNA are essentially jump-threaded code."

Vernor adds that if there's anything grievously wrong with the notion,
that may just be due to his muddled recollection of the conversation.

Jump threaded is also known as spaghetti code.  I think the idea is
close to the actual way DNA works.  If this provides insight into DNA
work, it is nice to assign credit to Tim May.

Keith