On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Trei, Peter wrote:
> Exactly what is the Choatian definition of a PRNG which requires
> it to repeat, anyway?
Wrong question, the -right- questions is...
What is -random-?
It means unpredictable, this means unrepeatable. If it repeats then it
-must- be predictable; that means it ain't -random-. A PRNG isn't
unpredictable, only taking such a long time that by the time the repeat
gets there you don't care. The length of that sequence is called the
modulus of the generator. -ALL- PRNG's will repeat, if they didn't they
wouldn't be -pseudo-.
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