From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21846 invoked from network); 8 Jun 2004 18:56:46 -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 18:56:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 23267 invoked from network); 8 Jun 2004 18:56:25 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 8 Jun 2004 18:56:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 27784 invoked by alias); 8 Jun 2004 18:56:20 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 20027 Received: (qmail 27775 invoked from network); 8 Jun 2004 18:56:20 -0000 Received: from thor.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (qmailr@130.225.247.86) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 8 Jun 2004 18:56:17 -0000 Received: (qmail 22851 invoked from network); 8 Jun 2004 18:56:16 -0000 Received: from 209-128-98-052.bayarea.net (HELO Yost.com) (209.128.98.52) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 8 Jun 2004 18:56:14 -0000 Received: from [209.128.98.50] (ip2 [209.128.98.50]) by Yost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5044022D7B8 for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 11:55:46 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: yost@ip4.yost.com Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <200406081320.i58DKROp011482@news01.csr.com> References: <200406081320.i58DKROp011482@news01.csr.com> Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 11:09:53 -0700 To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk From: Dave Yost Subject: 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_50 autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Hits: 0.0 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