> On Apr 10, 2016, at 2:39 PM, Milos Rankovic <mi...@milos-and-slavica.net> > wrote: > >> On 10 Apr 2016, at 21:23, Erica Sadun <er...@ericasadun.com >> <mailto:er...@ericasadun.com>> wrote: >> >> I do not think it's the role of a core language to worry about things like >> distributions, bias, and sampling. > > Why do you mention “the role of a core language” here? That was explicitly > not the ambition of my question. I’m talking about extending the Standard > Library types and protocols in the Foundation framework (as this is already > done on a large scale). Or, if this is what you mean by “core language”, how > does capitalising strings according to the rules of grammar of every language > on the planet qualify as any more fitting the domain of the core language? > > milos >
While I don't think general random sources are a good fit for core functionality, apparently, NSRandomSpecifier exists: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/NSRandomSpecifier_Class/index.html#//apple_ref/occ/cl/NSRandomSpecifier <https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/NSRandomSpecifier_Class/index.html#//apple_ref/occ/cl/NSRandomSpecifier> Other material I consulted: Standard Library: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_library <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_library> Foundation: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/ObjC_classic/ <https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/ObjC_classic/> GameplayKit Randomization: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/General/Conceptual/GameplayKit_Guide/RandomSources.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40015172-CH9-SW1 <https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/General/Conceptual/GameplayKit_Guide/RandomSources.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40015172-CH9-SW1> -- E
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