independent study

[Ben Elliston]

> I do realize that there is a project out there now that uses
> evolutionary concepts to optimize GCC with the current available
> command line options.  While I think that is a great project, I
> would like to develop, or tweak, some type of internal aspect of
> GCC.

I did a Masters project that extended this concept to re-ordering the
tree optimisers and it was certainly interesting work.  There are
plenty of unanswered questions, so if you would like, contact me by
private mail and I'll send you a copy of the paper.

Cheers, Ben