Yes, I see the problem you are describing better now. This behavior for powers of 2 is dissimilar with other power bases. It suggests a flaw in the algorithm for ?. .
?.2^11 1826 ?.2^12 1826 ?.2^13 1826 NB. compared to the following ?.3^11 35532 ?.3^12 212679 ?.3^13 1275561 On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 10:36 AM Hauke Rehr <[email protected]> wrote: > Sure we want repeated results. > But do we want the same results for all of > ?. 2^11 > ?. 2^12 > ?. 2^13 > and the same results for all of > ?. 2^14 > ?. 2^15 > ?. 2^16 > ?. 2^17 > ?. 2^18 > ?. 2^19 > ? > If you don’t know about this and try to > work with powers of two, switching to ?. > someday since you want reproducible results, > you might end up with very bad results > even though you tested the statistical > properties when you were still dealing > with ? > > I understand much depends on this. > But I don’t understand this can be > expected behaviour. > > In my opinion, it either needs to be > documented or fixed. > > > > -- (B=) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
