Been there, done that, works great: The Genetic Algorithms Archive
Good thing there's no intelligent design in that algorithm.
Otherwise people would see you don't know what you're talking about.
Been there, done that, works great: The Genetic Algorithms Archive
Ichneumon,
Unless I am mistaken (happens all too often !!),
I believe that what he meant was not
use mathematical techhniques similar to those in evolution to acheive optimization
but
randomly mutate your source code and see how well it compiles.
Cheers!