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From: Martyn.Amos@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Martyn Amos)
Subject: Re: Evolving code?
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In article <3jmc1u$2e5@colossus.csl.mtu.edu> rjryba@mtu.edu (Russell J. Ryba) writes:
>In article <Ben.19.00276AC0@ins.netins.net>, 
>Ben Sinclair <Ben@ins.netins.net> wrote:
>>......
>>soon!!), why can't real code be evolved? Like a sorting algorythm for
>>.....
>
>Have you looked at computer Viruses? Some of them can evolve their own
>code modifying stuff such as infection rates, or number of files to
>infect. They use assembley language and changes are passed on to offspring
>with each generation. Not many of them do this as far as I know, but there are
>examples given in a book. 
>
>"Computer Viruses, Artificial Life and Evolution" by Mark Ludwig

You may be interested to know that Mark Ludwig is one of the invited
speakers at Virtual Futures II, a multi-disciplinary conference held here at
Warwick. Further details are at :

http://www.warwick.ac.uk/WWW/faculties/social_studies/Philosophy/vf95web.html

or email virtual-futures@warwick.ac.uk

By the way, I'm giving a paper as well ;-)

Martyn
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