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On 02/07/2011 09:14 AM, Robert A Duff wrote:
>
> I don't think a truly random implementation of
> Ada.Numerics. ... .Random would be correct,
> because you're allowed to reset the state to a
> previously-saved state, and replay they exact same sequence
> of pseudo-random numbers.
>
> It might be useful to have a truly-random function, but
> it would have to be a different one.

I suppose you could save the sequence of values returned so far, and the state 
would be an index into that sequence.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"We burst our pimples at you."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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