[m-rev.] for review: genetic algorithm for searching the space of optimizations

[Ralph Becket]

Samrith Uong, Thursday,  9 February 2006:
> How does the name "gator" sound?

Snappy!

> > By population you mean "population of that particular generation"?
> 
> Yes.  I've changed it to this:
> 
> There are a number of files in each of these directories.  The most
> useful one is the file "ladder".  This file contains a table listing all
> of the individuals in a generation.  Each individual is given a number,
> between 1 and the size of its generation, in the first column of the table.
> The second column contains the "fitness" of an individual.  The third
> column contains the "genotype" of an individual, which is the list of
> compiler options that are passed to the compiler.

That looks clearer, thanks.

> I've changed that top sentence to:
> 
> For each host, the following variables need to be defined, where $i is
> an integer between 1 and $num_progs.

Great - have you explained what $num_progs is?
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