--- DavidK wrote: > What I was trying to show is that this equation: > x / (1 + sysRandomMax / n ) > > for some small set of numbers does not equal > x * n / (sysRandomMax + 1) > > due to floating point round off error
But Danny's point was that x / (1 + sysRandomMax / n) is rarely going to be equal to x * n / (sysRandomMax + 1) using any computer programming language, because the normal precedence rules cause the division in (1 + sysRandomMax / n) to be done before the addition. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
