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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 10:08:15 -0700
From: Brig Klyce <bklyce@baste.magibox.net>
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According to modern neo-Darwinism, random mutation and natural selection
are sufficient to compose the new genes required for evolutionary
advances. It should be possible to achieve analogous results _in
silico_. Is there any software that can, by random mutation and natural
selection, compose the analog of new genes -- that is, longish strings
of code with unforseeable, useful instructional meaning?
	Brig Klyce
