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Re: new coreutil? shuffle - randomize file contents
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David Feuer |
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Re: new coreutil? shuffle - randomize file contents |
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Sat, 16 Jul 2005 14:58:05 -0400 |
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On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 07:01:53AM -0700, Frederik Eaton wrote:
> If it's the pseudorandomness, I think mentioning that is redundant,
> and the same thing I said about not wanting implementation in the API
> applies - a good pseudorandom number generator should be externally
> indistinguishable from an actual random number generator.
Disagree. There's a useful distinction between the two. Generally,
someone using pseudorandom numbers expects them to happen quickly and
repeatably. Someone using random numbers expects them to be really
random.
David