From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Oct 7 23:00:38 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA17266 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 23:00:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.tfs.com ([140.145.230.177]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA17241; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 23:00:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.tfs.com (localhost.tfs.com [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA02648; Tue, 8 Oct 1996 07:59:56 +0200 (MET DST) To: Terry Lambert cc: ache@nagual.ru, rkw@dataplex.net, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I plan to change random() for -current (was Re: rand() and random()) In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 07 Oct 1996 12:15:01 PDT." <199610071915.MAA14666@phaeton.artisoft.com> Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 07:59:55 +0200 Message-ID: <2646.844754395@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <199610071915.MAA14666@phaeton.artisoft.com>, Terry Lambert writes: >> I happen to know that branch physics quite well too, so I have a >> couple of comments to your ravings here: >> >> First, You would be awarded the IG Nobel prize if you seriously >> tried to publish studies of the kind you propose without having >> 100% control over and a very good study backing the random-generator >> you use. > >The random number generator being used for the calculations I've >referenced is the rand48 linear congruential generator. It has a >period well below the number of events being studied. Since you have still not pointed out anybody stupid enough to use rand() for their work, why do you still babble ? I don't think anybody would touch rand48 without a good reason, and I'm sure if they found a good reason, the users would be most interested to see how that may have ruined their results. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.