If this is interesting to you, another topic to look into is corewars evolvers. A very similar concept, and the results from the programs that are generated are

If this is interesting to you, another topic to look into is corewars evolvers. A very similar concept, and the results from the programs that are generated are pretty amazing. http://www.corewar.co.uk/thorsell/paper.htm#_Toc466352756 http://www.corewar.co.uk/thorsell/paper.htm#_Toc466352756