This is a simple project intended to showcase genetic algorithms with a well known example for all new developers; namely the classic "Hello, world!" example, written in Python.
The application simply "evolves" the string "Hello, world!" from a population of random strings. It is intended to be a gentle introduction into the world of genetic algorithms, specifically with Python 3.2. The program itself is really simple, and is contained within a single file.
The project is completely self contained. To execute the application, run the following command from a shell (assuming that python 3.2+ is on your system path):
python gahelloworld.py
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Copyright © 2011 John Svazic
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