From: Uno <Uno@example.invalid>
Subject: Re: KISS4691, a potentially top-ranked RNG.
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 01:04:03 -0600
Date: 2011-04-29T01:04:03-06:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <91v675F30vU1@mid.individual.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ipd83f$5at$1@dont-email.me>
On 04/28/2011 08:34 PM, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
> In comp.lang.fortran David Bernier<david250@videotron.ca> wrote:
>
> (snip)
>> All we have now are George Marsaglia's posts and writings.
>> I know there's now a move on the way to 64-bit processors,
>> which I take to mean the x86_64 or AMD64 design/instruction set.
>
> I have an actual Itanium system, but not so many people do.
>
>> In any case, with an executable compiled with a C compiler,
>> there's the function sizeof, which might be useful
>> in some cases at run time.
>
> Well, sizeof is a compile time constant, but, yes, you can
> use the value at run time.
>
> (snip)
>> AFAIK, sizeof(unsigned long) can be relied upon to give the size
>> in 8-bit bytes of a C "unsigned long".
>
> No. You need CHAR_BIT to tell how many bits are in a char.
> It has been known to get to 64 on word addressed 64 bit machines.
> It must be at least 8, but can be more.
>
> -- glen
I'm dealing with this same issue in my real life, as my algebraist uncle
seems to have early-onset alzheimer's. So he has his demonstrable
achievements in science and the last few years where he embarrassed himself.
George's C was atrocious at the end. I'd like to let that die.
A kiss is a kiss; it's simple, effective, and not improved by
redefinition when you've lost your marbles.
--
Uno
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2011-04-28 1:14 ` KISS4691, a potentially top-ranked RNG robin
2011-04-28 11:42 ` e p chandler
2011-04-29 1:50 ` David Bernier
2011-04-29 2:09 ` Ian Collins
2011-04-29 3:01 ` Eric Sosman
2011-04-29 3:09 ` Ian Collins
2011-05-08 7:34 ` Uno
2011-05-11 5:38 ` Marni Zollinger
2011-04-29 6:15 ` nmm1
2011-04-29 3:16 ` David Bernier
2011-04-29 2:34 ` glen herrmannsfeldt
2011-04-29 7:04 ` Uno [this message]
2011-04-30 10:48 ` robin
2011-05-05 1:12 ` Uno
2011-04-29 15:13 ` Keith Thompson
2011-04-29 17:41 ` glen herrmannsfeldt
2011-04-29 19:53 ` Keith Thompson
2011-05-05 23:38 ` Michael Press
2011-04-29 22:45 ` Seebs
2011-04-30 4:36 ` Randy Brukardt
2011-04-29 22:43 ` Seebs
2011-04-29 9:43 ` robin
2011-05-01 15:31 ` Thad Smith
2011-05-01 19:58 ` Ian Collins
2011-05-02 0:01 ` James Kuyper
2011-05-02 0:42 ` Ian Collins
2011-05-02 2:34 ` James Kuyper
2011-05-02 2:50 ` glen herrmannsfeldt
2011-05-02 4:21 ` Thad Smith
2011-05-02 7:31 ` nmm1
2011-05-23 4:18 ` robin
2011-05-23 7:20 ` robin
2011-05-23 6:52 ` robin
2011-05-23 6:52 ` robin
2011-05-23 6:52 ` robin
2011-05-23 6:53 ` robin
2011-05-23 7:16 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-06-28 7:19 ` robin
2011-06-28 8:44 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-06-28 9:19 ` Chris H
2011-06-28 9:14 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-06-28 11:59 ` robin
2011-06-28 12:16 ` Chris H
2011-06-28 15:44 ` Peter Flass
2011-06-28 12:33 ` James Kuyper
2011-06-28 13:53 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-06-28 22:39 ` Brian Salter-Duke
2011-06-28 12:32 ` James Kuyper
2011-06-28 13:03 ` Chris H
2011-06-28 14:25 ` James Kuyper
2011-06-28 15:01 ` Chris H
2011-06-29 0:20 ` James Kuyper
2011-06-29 8:38 ` Michael Press
2011-06-28 16:04 ` Joe Pfeiffer
2011-06-28 16:36 ` Chris H
2011-06-28 16:51 ` Joe Pfeiffer
2011-06-29 0:27 ` James Kuyper
2011-06-29 1:00 ` Joe Pfeiffer
2011-06-29 16:48 ` Phil Carmody
2011-06-28 16:52 ` Joe Pfeiffer
2011-06-28 17:06 ` David Bernier
2011-06-28 21:11 ` Gib Bogle
2011-06-29 4:47 ` Mart van de Wege
2011-07-02 6:49 ` Gib Bogle
2011-07-02 15:59 ` Mart van de Wege
2011-07-02 21:57 ` Gib Bogle
2011-06-29 7:36 ` nmm1
2011-06-29 9:58 ` Georg Bauhaus
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2010-07-25 0:49 ` Gene
2010-07-26 2:50 ` robin
2010-07-27 5:46 ` robin
2010-07-30 10:46 ` Uno
2010-08-03 10:41 ` robin
2010-08-03 17:15 ` James Waldby
2010-08-03 17:35 ` Dann Corbit
2010-08-03 20:34 ` Peter Flass
2010-08-04 4:20 ` Uno
2010-08-04 8:31 ` robin
2010-08-04 7:56 ` robin
2010-08-05 21:07 ` Uno
2010-08-06 10:11 ` robin
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2010-07-27 10:19 ` robin
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