Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!umd5!purdue!gatech!bloom-beacon!husc6!bbn!uwmcsd1!ig!jade!thoth8.berkeley.edu!jmm From: jmm@thoth8.berkeley.edu.BERKELEY.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Misuse of random number generators Message-ID: <6418@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 31 Dec 87 13:27:26 GMT References: <2337@utastro.UUCP> Sender: usenet@jade.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: jmm@thoth8.berkeley.edu.BERKELEY.EDU () Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 12 Keywords: random numbers, multiplicative congruential generators If this is true, what's the best way to get random numbers in the range 1..6? (I'm using LSPascal.) Thanks, James Moore ------------------------- | / Chomh h-ard le balla / | jmm@bartleby.berekely.edu / Chomh ban le bainne / |--------------------------------------------| / Chomh dearg le fuil / | The University of California only knows | / Chomh milis le mil / | me as a number. They couldn't care less | / Ceard e seo? / | what my opinions are. | ------------------------- |--------------------------------------------|