From: Walter Watts (wlwatts@home.com)
Date: Wed Jan 30 2002 - 04:48:18 MST
Blunderov wrote:
> PS OK you got me. What is "exapt"? A former automatic programming tool?
Basically, it means assign a new and original function to a feature that arose
spontaneously, ie. mutation.
Then, if the newly functional feature can confer any competitive advantage to the
owner, then that particular germ-line will show a variable selection pressure
directly proportional to the advantage conferred.
Walter
<So, yes, in a way it IS an automatic programming tool!>
-- Walter Watts Tulsa Network Solutions, Inc. "To err is human. To really screw things up requires a bare-naked command line and a wildcard operator."
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