>> [Alec Henriksen] >> > How trustworthy is the "randomness" generated by the random module? >> >> Python uses the Mersenne Twister algorithm for generating >> pseudo-random numbers, and that's one of the highest-quality methods >> known.
>From here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorandom_number_generator#Periodicity and here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersenne_twister#Advantages I think it can be argued that the randomness is pretty trustworthy :o) _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
