From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2467 invoked from network); 8 Jun 2004 21:14:10 -0000 Received: from thor.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.86) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 8 Jun 2004 21:14:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 14827 invoked from network); 8 Jun 2004 21:13:57 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 8 Jun 2004 21:13:57 -0000 Received: (qmail 15254 invoked by alias); 8 Jun 2004 21:13:46 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 20028 Received: (qmail 15242 invoked from network); 8 Jun 2004 21:13:45 -0000 Received: from thor.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (qmailr@130.225.247.86) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 8 Jun 2004 21:13:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 14377 invoked from network); 8 Jun 2004 21:13:42 -0000 Received: from cmailm2.svr.pol.co.uk (195.92.193.210) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 8 Jun 2004 21:13:40 -0000 Received: from modem-22.new-jersey.dialup.pol.co.uk ([62.137.81.22] helo=pwstephenson.fsnet.co.uk) by cmailm2.svr.pol.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1BXnuc-0006yM-NN for zsh-workers@sunsite.dk; Tue, 08 Jun 2004 22:13:39 +0100 Received: by pwstephenson.fsnet.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 501) id 5B3F68652; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 17:20:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pwstephenson.fsnet.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pwstephenson.fsnet.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 517EE8650 for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 22:20:10 +0100 (BST) To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk (Zsh hackers list) Subject: Re: RANDOMSMALL [ ] In-reply-to: "Dave Yost"'s message of "Tue, 08 Jun 2004 11:09:53 PDT." Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 22:20:09 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson Message-Id: <20040608212010.5B3F68652@pwstephenson.fsnet.co.uk> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: *** X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.8 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_70,RCVD_IN_SORBS autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Hits: 3.8 > Zsh's RANDOM function is deficient. It's limited by POSIX, though I haven't checked how much. Look at the math function rand48 in the zsh/mathfunc package --- search zshmodules. -- Peter Stephenson Work: pws@csr.com Web: http://www.pwstephenson.fsnet.co.uk