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Genetic Algorithms in Elixir: Chapter 1 sample implementation in Ruby finds a solution much faster

I translated the implementation in Chapter 1 (without mutation) for Ruby and get surprised that it’s find a solution much faster than the Elixir implementation.

The Ruby implementation finds the solution in about 10 seconds, while the Elixir one takes about 1 minute. I get a bit surprised by this result and couldn’t think of an explanation for this difference.

I’m sharing my Ruby implementation for anyone curious to explain this difference:

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
population =
  Array.new(100) do
    Array.new(1000) { [0, 1].sample }
  end

def evaluate(population)
  population.sort_by(&:sum).reverse
end

def selection(population)
  population.each_slice(2)
end

def crossover(population)
  population.reduce([]) do |offspring, parents|
    cx_point = cut = rand(1...parents[0].length)
    child1 = parents[0][0...cx_point] + parents[1][cx_point..-1]
    child2 = parents[1][0...cx_point] + parents[0][cx_point..-1]
    offspring << child1 << child2
  end
end

def algorithm(population)
  loop do
    best = population.max_by(&:sum)
    print "Current Best: #{best.sum}\r"
    break best if best.sum == 1000

    population = evaluate(population)
    population = selection(population)
    population = crossover(population)
  end
end

solution = algorithm(population)
puts "\nAnswer is\n"
puts solution.inspect

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After going further in the book (the algorithms have more output) I verified that the ruby implementation takes more generations to find the solution, but it runs each generation faster.

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