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Re: Generate RANDOM number

From: rjamya <rjamya_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 07:45:45 -0500
Message-ID: <9177895d050105044573114f5c@mail.gmail.com>


Don Knuth wrote a whole 300+ page book on random numbers ... that should serve as a definitive guide .... see Art Of Computer Programming (me thinks it is volume 3 or 4 not sure).

Raj

> On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 17:12:37 -0500, Mark W. Farnham <mwf_at_rsiz.com> wrote:
> > You asked what is wrong with his select.
> >
> > Probably he is seeking information regarding the quality of the pseudo
> > random sequence that is generated.
>

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