[Python-ideas] Re: Nonuniform PRNG?

On 7 Dec 2022, at 19:45, James Johnson wrote:How do I join the “regular” Python list? I’m not academically qualified for python ideasTry out https://discuss.python.org that has lots going on.BarryOn Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 10:05 AM David Lowry-Duda wrote:I'm very sorry, I

[Python-ideas] Re: Nonuniform PRNG?

How do I join the “regular” Python list? I’m not academically qualified for python ideas On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 10:05 AM David Lowry-Duda wrote: > I'm very sorry, I didn't meant to post this to python-ideas. I didn't > pay enough attention. I'm sending the same thing to the regular python >

[Python-ideas] Re: Nonuniform PRNG?

I suspect you wouldn't have to test it all, as it would simply be a trivial redistribution of a standard (already known-good) generator: def random_bit_666(): return int(random() > 2/3) For other more sophisticated distributions, again simply verify that your distribution algorithm is

[Python-ideas] Re: Nonuniform PRNG?

I'm very sorry, I didn't meant to post this to python-ideas. I didn't pay enough attention. I'm sending the same thing to the regular python list. On Wed, Dec 07, 2022 at 11:03:24AM -0500, David Lowry-Duda wrote: Inspired by the recent thread on PRNG, I began to wonder: suppose that I had a