-New build system using CMake simplifies builds and allows builds on Windows, the Cray XT5 and other platforms that were not supported before. -Binary installer packages. Binary file format HDF5 uses less space and much faster I/O. Python-based evaluation and plotting tools...

•Structured object oriented architecture •Smart pointers for automatic memory allocation management •Abstract factory, for runtime allocation of objects of any types •Parameters and algorithms dynamically configurable by files •Sophisticated logging mechanism with output in XML •Checkpoint mechanism for evolution recovery and results analysis •Population composed of multiple demes •History of best-of-run individuals for the whole population and for each demes •Population seeding from file •Master-slave model for parallel fitness evaluation