>>I could go on all day; this was a chapter in my dissertation
I'd love a link (assuming it is publically available!)
Here's a link to my dissertation:
https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/28690
I forgot to put a disclaimer in my post: Tim Simpson was my advisor, which is how I know about his paper with D'Souza.
For DE, your best bet is probably to start with Rainer Storn's website: http://www1.icsi.berkeley.edu/~storn/code.html
For CMAES, Hansen has a good website: https://www.lri.fr/~hansen/cmaesintro.html
>>I could go on all day; this was a chapter in my dissertation
I'd love a link (assuming it is publically available!)