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From: iic@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Ian Clarke)
Subject: Re: Reproduction
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In article <31878F7A.770@maplesoft.on.ca>,
[snip]..

>The second issue is one of origins:  Does the first reproducing organism
>arise spontaneously, or is it created?  In the case of Tierra, the first
>organism, the one that starts off the whole process, is hand-coded
>by the programmer.  Thus, Tierra isn't a completely satisfactory model
>of abiogenesis, although it shows evolution nicely.
[snip]

I refer you to my recent posting to a different branch of this thread.

Ian
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