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|    Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to James Kuyper    |
|    Re: srand(0)    |
|    24 Dec 25 05:34:40    |
      From: ldo@nz.invalid              On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 23:43:19 -0500, James Kuyper wrote:              > On 2025-12-23 21:02, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:       >>       >> On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:08:24 +0200, Michael S wrote:       >>       >>> Testing randomness is complicated matter.       >>       >> Impossible, really, if you define “random” as “Nobody can know what       >> comes next”.       >       > The quality of pseudo-random number generators can be measured, but you       > need to carefully define what you mean by "quality".              That’s not exactly disagreeing with what I’m saying ...              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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