On 31 May 2006 03:59, Matt Davis wrote:
> While I have barely begun my study, my advisor and I have elected to > continue with my previous independent study revolving around > evolutionary programming. While at first this might seem a bit of a > benefit for GCC optimizations, further thought contradicts that notion. > can accomplish my goals. I am also wondering if evolutionary/genetic > algorithms do seem of benefit to one particular optimization construct, > that I might have over looked or not considered. > I do realize that there is a project out there now that uses > evolutionary concepts to optimize GCC with the current available command > line options. While I think that is a great project, I would like to > develop, or tweak, some type of internal aspect of GCC. Evolutionary approaches might work well with register allocation or instruction scheduling problems, mightn't they? cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today....