> This revives an old idea I had during the Santa tournament > where a genetic algorithm is used to evolve potential hole > solutions. The way it works is to initially create a large > number of random solutions, and let them evolve by mating > and mutating their way towards a legal solution. It would > be extremely interesting to see how the same evolutionary > process that led to the development of the human brain can > fare against our resident Aliens :) > > Anyone interested in taking that idea to the next step?
Dave and co, Make sure that the TPR golf rules state that using automated tools to evolve solutions is prohibited. Perhaps this is a "fair means" clause. I'd hate to think that lazy sods could use: tiger_pgolf.pl [1] when the rest of us are using documentation, source code and black magic to shorten our code. And then when we protest they reply "Hey, the rules don't stop me!". Jonathan Paton [1] That is "Tiger Woods Perl Golf Evolution System", so naturally the evolution tool should be called Tiger. ===== ---------------BEGIN GEEKCODE BLOCK-----------v3.12 GCS/E d+ s+: a20 C++(+++)>$ UHL++>+++ P+++ L++>++++ E- W++(-) N+ o? K- w--- !O M-- !V PS-- PE++ Y++ PGP t@ 5-- X-- R- tv- b DI+ D- G++ e h! !r--->++ !y--- ----------------END GEEKCODE BLOCK----------------- JAPH: print`perldoc perlembed`=~/(Ju.*)/,"\n" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
