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Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 16:45:32 +0800 (GMT)
From: Orlando Andico <orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
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Subject: Re: random #'s
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On 2 Dec 1996, Weiqi Gao wrote:

> > Which of these you bother with would depend on what you will be using
> > the results for, of course...
> 
> Of cause, for random number generators, tests are not enough.  A
> mathematical proof is a must.

anyone want to write a DOCTORAL DISSERTATION in computer science while
they're at it?

:)

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differences:

- error shows for *every* input (not only for >= 512 B);

- error message is 'awk: cmd. line:2: fatal: can't stat fd 0 (Bad
file descriptor (EBADF))'.

 > `bash' uses the `readline' library to read the keystrokes, and the DJGPP 
 > port of that library doesn't support arrows.  Use the Emacs-style 
 > cursor-motion keys instead (^P for previous line, ^N for next line, ^F 
 > for forward character, ^B for backward character, etc.).  Better still, 
 > grab the sources and teach `readline' about editing keys (as far as I 
 > remember, it's a simple matter of using a different library function to 
 > read the keyboard).

Yes, I know, I just hoped it was done already :-).  I think I'll try.

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