Or just indicate that they are old and may be outdated.

On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 11:00 PM, Viral Shah <[email protected]> wrote:

> The article is quite old. Try randbool() instead of randbit(). Best to
> remove such an old reference from the website.
>
> -viral
>
>
> On Monday, November 24, 2014 8:37:59 AM UTC+5:30, Airhead Bit wrote:
>>
>> Everything in a language I need but the examples at http://julialang.org/
>> learning/ like
>>
>> Parallel Julia by Douglas Eadline in Admin magazine
>> Just blow up:
>>  tic();
>>
>> julia> nheads = @parallel (+) for i=1:100000000
>>              randbit()
>>              end;
>> exception on 2: exception on 5: exception on exception on 3: 4: ERROR:
>> randbit not defined
>>  in anonymous at no file:2
>>  in anonymous at multi.jl:1279
>>  in anonymous at multi.jl:848
>>  in run_work_thunk at multi.jl:621
>>  in run_work_thunk at multi.jl:630
>>  in anonymous at task.jl:6
>> ERROR: randbit not defined
>>  in anonymous at no file:2
>>  in anonymous at multi.jl:1279
>>  in anonymous at multi.jl:848
>>  in run_work_thunk at multi.jl:621
>>  in run_work_thunk at multi.jl:630
>>  in anonymous at task.jl:6
>> ERROR: randbit not defined
>>  in anonymous at no file:2
>>  in anonymous at multi.jl:1279
>>  in anonymous at multi.jl:848
>>  in run_work_thunk at multi.jl:621
>>  in run_work_thunk at multi.jl:630
>>  in anonymous at task.jl:6
>> ERROR: randbit not defined
>>  in anonymous at no file:2
>>  in anonymous at multi.jl:1279
>>  in anonymous at multi.jl:848
>>  in run_work_thunk at multi.jl:621
>>  in run_work_thunk at multi.jl:630
>>  in anonymous at task.jl:6
>> ERROR: `+` has no method matching +(::UndefVarError, ::UndefVarError)
>>  in _mapreduce at reduce.jl:166
>>  in mapreduce at reduce.jl:182
>>  in preduce at multi.jl:1418
>>
>> julia> s=toc();
>> elapsed time: 1.6460936 seconds
>>
>> julia> println("Number of Heads: $nheads in $s seconds")
>> ERROR: nheads not defined
>>
>> and
>> julia> addprocs_local(1)
>> dies
>> but addprocs(1) works (after hunting it down with Google.
>>
>> Please fix or remove broken examples, I've used up my time fighting
>> something that should not have happened, trying examples of deprecated code.
>>
>>
>>

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