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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>)
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Subject: Re: random number wanted between neg inf and pos inf
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Date: Fri, 20-Dec-85 17:11:56 EST
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Henry gave a good explanation of the problem with this request.

One other noteworthy point is that such a generator is
virtually guaranteed to return a value that exceeds the storage
capacity of your computer the very first time it is invoked.
(I.e., such a generator is "not physically realizable".)