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From: Jeff Carter <carter@innocon.com>
Subject: Re: Source for Random Number Generator
Date: 1997/02/10
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I guess no one else is going to mention the "universal random number
generator." This has a very long period and is reputedly very good
quality. See _Ada Letters_, 1988 Sep/Oct for Ada-83 source. It's uniform
in 0.0 .. 1.0 - 2 ** (-24), so some fiddling is necessary if you really
want 0.1 .. 1.0
-- 
Jeff Carter
Innovative Concepts, Inc.

Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time.