With the development of The Times and the continuous progress of information technology, computer programming technology has been paid more and more attention. In the process of computer programming, people mainly optimize the computer programming through intelligent algorithms, so as to ensure the efficiency of computer programming and realize the writing of computer programs more convenient. Intelligent algorithm is a new kind of algorithm. Compared with other traditional algorithms, intelligent algorithm has some advantages in search ability, data processing ability and nonlinear thinking ability. At the same time, the intelligent algorithm also has good universality, and can be used in many computer fields, including computer program optimization. Therefore, applying intelligent algorithms to computer programming optimization can not only improve the efficiency of computer programming, but also further improve the quality of computer programming. This paper mainly starts with the necessity of applying intelligent algorithm to computer programming optimization, analyzes the advantages and specific applications of intelligent algorithm applied to computer programming.