[arp242]

Let's say you have two 20k line Python programs: those 20k lines are all different.

But the Python interpreter is identical. The Python stdlib is identical. libc is identical. The Linux kernel is identical.

Your 20k lines of Python code is a small part of this all, and most Python programs are probably >99% identical when you count it all up. Of course, this is not really all that meaningful of a number.

[tetris11]

Similarly

``` def get_neanderthal () ## Retrieves 2% of the your genome ```

Has been implemented hundreds of different times by hundreds of different developers. If you cat and uniq their Neanderthal implementations together:

``` def global_get_neanderthal(): ## Retrieves 20% of a consensus genome ```

[xwdv]

Incredible analogy, very air tight.

[HFguy]

Good thinking!!!

[insaider]

Nice analogy!