random

[Mark 'Kamikaze' Hughes]

30 May 2001 09:59:22 +0200 in <mailman.991209590.11827.python-list at python.org>,
Bas van Gils <bas.vangils at home.nl> spake:
> One of the things that I'm concerned about is this random-ness. My
> teacher (actually a nice guy :) explained to us that not all
> random-number-generators are "good", and that this selection process
> *must* *be* *random*. So, my question: how random is the
> random-number-generator that python uses?

  "Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random numbers
is, of course, in a state of sin." -John Von Neumann

  Unless you have random-number-generating hardware, you don't really
have truly random numbers.

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 <a href="http://kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu/~kamikaze/"> Mark Hughes </a>
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