Genetic Algorithm in action

I recently discovered acovea - an optimization tool to test different GCC flags

acovea uses Genetic Algorithm to find a good set of GCC CFLAGS.
Why bother? Well, since there are 62 different optimization flags available in GCC, to test all of them requires 2^62 different combinations.
That is 2^62 = 4611686018427387904!!!

With genetic programming, you won’t necessarily find THE BEST combination. However, genetic programming can improve over time just as natural evolution. In the end, you can find a optimal solution to your problem.

my acovea results: here