From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4848 invoked from network); 8 Jun 2004 21:56:33 -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 21:56:33 -0000 Received: (qmail 23154 invoked from network); 8 Jun 2004 21:56:09 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 8 Jun 2004 21:56:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 2626 invoked by alias); 8 Jun 2004 21:56:04 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 20030 Received: (qmail 2616 invoked from network); 8 Jun 2004 21:56:04 -0000 Received: from thor.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (qmailr@130.225.247.86) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 8 Jun 2004 21:56:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 22722 invoked from network); 8 Jun 2004 21:56:01 -0000 Received: from adsl-63-193-117-152.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net (63.193.117.152) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 8 Jun 2004 21:55:59 -0000 Received: from iridescent.org ([192.168.0.7] ) by adsl-63-193-117-152.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net (AppleShare IP Mail Server 6.3.1) id 142826 via TCP with SMTP; Tue, 08 Jun 2004 14:55:56 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: <200406081320.i58DKROp011482@news01.csr.com> Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 14:55:42 -0700 To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk From: Larry Bakst Subject: Re: RANDOMSMALL [ ] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_56 autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Hits: 0.0 I would suggest Mersenne Twister for all random numbers which is located here: http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/%7Em-mat/MT/emt.html leb >Zsh's RANDOM function is deficient. I propose a new builtin a la the lesson learned in the Java world. > >http://java.sun.com/docs/books/effective/excursion-random.html > >Dave -- Lawrence E. Bakst pleb@iridescent.org