> 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.
I did a Masters project that extended this concept to re-ordering the tree optimisers and it was certainly interesting work. There are plenty of unanswered questions, so if you would like, contact me by private mail and I'll send you a copy of the paper. Cheers, Ben