[A83] Re: Randomization

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Subject: [A83] Re: Randomization
From: "Wouter v.d. Put" <woutput@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 15:42:45 +0100
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Yes, this is the way it's done; Using a recursive function. But can you give 
us an example of such a function?


>From: Olle Hedman <alh@home.se>
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>At 13:42 2001-12-11, you wrote:
>
> >Most processors have a stored list of "random" numbers.  They aren't
> >randomly generated in real-time...that's why they are called
> >pseudo-random...I'm not sure if this is how the calculators give random
> >numbers
>
>Not really. They don't have a list stored, but an more or less simple
>algoritm that gives you the same next number for each given starting number
>(seed).
>A simple algoritm -> fast, but less random (less evenly distributed numbers
>over the chosen interval)
>more advanced -> slower, but more evenly distributed.
>True random is impossible in a system like a processor, that is why it is
>called "pseudo-random", this and the fact that each seed gives the same 
>"list".
>But there is no list stored...
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>///Olle
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