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To: Theophilus
How long do you think it would take to randomly generate the string "echo 'Hello World'"?

Dunno, but it took 216 generations and two seconds to evolve it...

572 posted on 05/04/2003 3:26:16 PM PDT by general_re (Ask me about my vow of silence!)
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To: general_re
Yeah well try it the evolutionary way: without the goal phrase. Believe me, it'll hang for as long as it takes worms to spontaneously generate in dead meat. You can amaze yourself with false premises all day.
575 posted on 05/04/2003 5:56:39 PM PDT by Theophilus (Muslim clerics, preaching jihad, are Weapons Of Mass Destruction!)
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