Re: simple 16-bit random number generator

On Sep 17, 3:09 pm, John Little <john.b.lit...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 18, 3:05 am, Bee <200...@calcentral.com> wrote:
>
> > simple 16-bit random number generator
>
> > Do you have a favorite?
>
> Yeah, I know it's not what you've asked for, but I've been stung more
> than once by use of "simple" random numbers and so I try to go much
> further than "simple" if something better is handy, such as the
> standard library.  The following took less than the time to type this
> post:
>
> function! Random()
>     if !exists("s:seeded")
>         call libcallnr("libc.so.6", "srand", localtime() )
>         let s:seeded = 1
>     endif
>     return libcallnr("libc.so.6", "rand", 0 ) % 65536
> endfun
>
> You might have to adjust that "libc.so.6" for your OS.

I like the idea of system utilities, but... Not available on this Mac.

How have you been "stung"?

Where/what is libc.so.6 ?

The rng I converted from forth to vim has a good distribution.

Anyone have a way of "binning" both?

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