On: Comparing Compiler Optimizations

[jefffoster]

Acovea (http://www.coyotegulch.com/products/acovea/) is a genetic algorithm for analysing the performance of code with various optimization flags.

There's a practical example of this being used on a Haskell program at http://donsbot.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/evolving-faster-hask...