The biological cell (was: Erlang)

Hans Nikolaus Beck HNBeck at t-online.de
Sat Nov 15 10:53:34 UTC 2003


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Hi, #
Am 15.11.2003 um 10:21 schrieb Diego Gomez Deck:

> Hi Hans,
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> from the perspective of modeling in computer science, is there a
>> difference between the statements
>>
>> 1) a biological cell IS a process
>>
>> 2) a biological cell HAS processes
>>
>> (related to the discussion if objects could been seen as processes) ?
>
> Without entering in a discussion if processes exists or not in cells 
> the
> point here is: We don't care.

I completly disagree :-(  If we want to get new insight, we need such 
discussions about terms.  If we want to stay on the place and if we 
talk only about implementions of models which are common right now, of 
course, than it don't care.

So - extremly pronounced - if we had sometime computers with no 
discrete time (DNA computers, quantum computers and what might happen 
all in future) my question is: does the terms and models hold which we 
are using know ?

I've read a quotation from Albert Einstein these days (free 
translated): "a point of view is a horizont of mind with radios zero" 
;-))

In that sense......

Greetings

Hans

p.s. (are had a good travel home ?)
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