ANN: pygene - genetic algorithms package

[Peter Hansen]

Erik Max Francis wrote:
> If you went into detail I could probably tell you whether or not what 
> you're doing is "obviously" a genetic algorithm, or "obviously" an 
> instance of genetic programming, or somewhere in between.  Without 
> internal structure it's probably more likely closer to genetic algorithms.

You're certainly correct there.  The leap to GP is much farther than my 
stuff is from GA.

>... for many problems, it
> seems that genetic programming has a greater ability to produce 
> solutions to much more complex problems (where often you do not even 
> know the high-level form that they will take -- something you need to 
> decide to put together a genetic algorithm).

I agree, and I look forward to seeing Psi some time, if just to help me 
learn more in the area.  Thanks again for the comments.

-Peter