zavandi wrote:
Chet Ramey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Why would you expect $RANDOM to return the same value twice in succession?
I don't expect it to always return the same value twice in succession,
but if the values are independent of one another, there is a 1/32768
probability the second value will be equal to the first (or I'm
missing something?).
Mathematically that's correct, but since having $RANDOM return the same
value twice in a row would greatly diminish its practical use, there is
special code in there to prevent it.
Chet
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