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Re: random doesn't feel very random
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: random doesn't feel very random |
Date: |
Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:50:53 +0300 |
> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Cc: Achim Gratz <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:07:10 -0400
>
> > IMO, it would be better to fix the packages that misuse '(random t)'.
>
> How?
Like you suggested:
> So to fix those bugs, we have to:
> - change Emacs's initialization so that it seeds its PRNG.
> - eliminate most/all calls to (random t), which is best done by changing
> `random' to do nothing when called with argument t (after all,
> re-seeding wouldn't make it less predictable anyway).
- Re: random doesn't feel very random, (continued)
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- Re: random doesn't feel very random, Stefan Monnier, 2012/08/27
- Re: random doesn't feel very random, Eli Zaretskii, 2012/08/31
- Re: random doesn't feel very random, Stefan Monnier, 2012/08/31
- Re: random doesn't feel very random, chad, 2012/08/31
- Re: random doesn't feel very random, Eli Zaretskii, 2012/08/31
- Re: random doesn't feel very random, Stefan Monnier, 2012/08/31
- Re: random doesn't feel very random, Achim Gratz, 2012/08/27
- Re: random doesn't feel very random, Eli Zaretskii, 2012/08/31
- Re: random doesn't feel very random, Stefan Monnier, 2012/08/31
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