Interesting comments from the audience & speaker about Subtext and example-oriented programming

After Jonathan Edwards talk on "Example Centric Programming" one of the audience members made a (IMO) fascinating comment. Invoked the metaphor that "code is like DNA" and suggested that the examples/Subtext can be considered as RNA in that metaphor. The role of RNA is the transcription of DNA data into specific protiens, enzymes, etc. (aside: mention was made that the RNA transcription mechanism is Turing-complete - interesting...).

The speaker noted that patterns are really templates, which map into examples very nicely. This observation opens th epossiblity that example-driven languages might have very naturally integrated pattern support.