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Re: rigorously predictable random numbers



On 2024-05-03 17:28, Bart Schaefer wrote:
No, but it might be enough to qualify for the "F" in "AQ". 

      

    

    
+3.31. Why does mytt($RANDOM) return the same number more than once?
 
What I like is that even acknowledging that the question is out there goes half way to answering it.  The question first awakens you to the fact that zsh is aware that what 'you' think 'RANDOM' means might not be what the shell delivers.  That's half the battle right there.  De-confused, one then seeks a method of producing 'real' random numbers.  
  


  














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