Re: Ada2005 random

From: "David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com>
To: "comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway" <comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>
Cc: ica2ph@sinus.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de
Subject: Re: Ada2005 random
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 06:27:35 -0600
Date: 2003-04-03T06:27:35-06:00	[thread overview]
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Hermann" <ica2ph@sinus.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
To: <comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>
Sent: April 03, 2003 3:56 AM
Subject: Re: Ada2005 random

> Lutz and all,
> > * Peter Hermann wrote:
> >> In an application I need a variable discrete random function.
>                               ^^^^^^^^
> with "variable" I meant the following flexibility,  e.g. :
>                   a := random(generator1, 1 , 9);
>                   b := random(generator1, 1 , 8);
>                   c := random(generator1, 3 , 7);
Such an approach is statistcally dubious, since the same generator is
being used for all draws.  Normally, one would use a distinct
generator for each sequence.

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