[~ot] why is programming so fun?

[BCS]

Reply to Bruce,

> Genetic Algorithms are substantially and subtle more than simply a
> random
> generate and test.
> With random generation you have nothing to compare with only your
> blind
> fitness function.
> In a population you can compare individuals. The other main key
> ingredient
> is an efficient
> crossover operator. i.e. sexual reproduction. Without sex evolution is
> very slow.

"Physics" (or progamming?) "is like sex. Sure, it may give some practical 
results, but that's not why we do it."

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman