GAL is the successor of GGA, where I've simplified the interface a bit, and now use bitwise manipulation instead of using a whole char for a binary value. GAL is a work in progress; the interface may change, subtly or not, between updated versions.

It emerged, when working on the genetic algorithm solution to the n-queens problem described above, that the n-queens-specific part of the code was very small. Thus, I got the idea to create a generic GA library and make the N-queens solver an example application.

Get the source:

• gal (relased under the GNU LGPL).
• gga (relased under the GNU LGPL).

Please note that if you want to try this out, you also need to install Yalla since GAL/GGA depend on it. You can download Yalla here and you can check for new versions here.

Please not that these files have been uploaded to the Avaye server on 10/3/2003. It is possible that the author, Stig Brautaset, has released a newer version since then. You can check on his homepage.