From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Ada.Numerics.Float_Random.Generator question
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 17:49:48 +0200
Date: 2016-10-01T17:49:48+02:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <nsolv8$1bbc$1@gioia.aioe.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: d7983af7-1eef-44b9-aedd-c177c104460e@googlegroups.com
On 2016-10-01 16:23, Robert Eachus wrote:
> But there is infinite state, and infinite state. An infinite state
> that is a simple counter of the number of values returned is probably
> acceptable, a generator that requires storing the whole sequence is not.
There is no difference both are infinite. Single infinite counter is
capable to store whole sequence and conversely.
> Of course, these are unbounded
> integers which will eventually require an array of finite integers to
> represent. (Multiprecision arithmetic) I think that is acceptable.
An unbounded array of integers is infinite. Once you have it bound, you
get repeating states or else a program halt.
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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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2016-09-17 19:40 Ada.Numerics.Float_Random.Generator question Andrew Shvets
2016-09-17 20:09 ` J-P. Rosen
2016-09-17 20:14 ` Andrew Shvets
2016-09-17 21:01 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2016-09-17 23:53 ` Andrew Shvets
2016-09-19 19:07 ` rieachus
2016-09-25 23:41 ` brbarkstrom
2016-09-26 13:04 ` Robert Eachus
2016-09-26 18:48 ` brbarkstrom
2016-09-29 9:42 ` Some Dude
2016-10-01 3:35 ` Robert Eachus
2016-10-01 3:59 ` Paul Rubin
2016-10-01 14:23 ` Robert Eachus
2016-10-01 15:49 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2016-10-01 16:44 ` Robert Eachus
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