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From: gsh7w@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Hennessy)
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Subject: Re: Any normally-distributed random number functions?
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Date: 5 Apr 91 21:54:18 GMT
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Henry Spencer writes:
#And typically the second thing you do is dig out "Numerical Recipes"
#and see what it has to say.  Random Numbers is chapter 7.

Sci.physics just had a flamewar^h^h^h^h^H^h^h^hdiscussion about
Numerical Recipies. The general conclusion is to take any canned
routine with a grain of salt.

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