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From: | mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot) |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: random #'s |
Date: | Mon, 02 Dec 1996 18:04:51 GMT |
Organization: | Oxford University |
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Message-ID: | <32a319f8.2224829@news.ox.ac.uk> |
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On 2 Dec 1996 13:23:05 GMT, "Weiqi Gao" <weiqigao AT crl DOT com> wrote: >Of cause, for random number generators, tests are not enough. A >mathematical proof is a must. Yes, but that would require a knowledge of the random number algorithm being used internally... which is, of course, possible by looking at the source code, but then you might just as well write your own :) George Foot
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