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From: kuszewsk@euler.biology.yale.edu (John Kuszewski)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: random distribution
Keywords: random, random number distribution
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Date: 7 May 91 18:10:58 GMT
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Hi!

does anyone know the type of distribution produced by random?  Is it flat,  
Gaussian, Maxwellian, or what?  Please respond via email, since I don't read  
this group regularly.

Thanks.

John Kuszewski
kuszewsk@euler.biology.yale.edu (preferred) or
johnk@suned.cs.yale.edu (more reliable)