>>>>> "johnps11" == johnps11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
johnps11> I'm not clever enough to understand PRNGs, so I'll leave it others johnps11> to work out what the answer is, although I suspect that for more johnps11> than 56 bits you need a PRNG that uses LargeIntegers and not Floats. Yes. There are only 56 bits in an IEEE Float. You can't get any more random bits from that. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
