----Original Message----
>From: Paul Schlie
>Sent: 08 June 2005 14:49
>> From: Dave Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> ----Original Message----
>>> From: Paul Schlie
>>> Sent: 08 June 2005 14:40
>>
>>> - Can you give an example of an operation which may yield an undefined
>>> non-deterministic result which is reliably useful for anything?
>>
>> Random number generation?
>
> - which if algorithmically computed relies on deterministic semantics.
> as otherwise the pseudo random distribution the algorithm is relying
> on may break.
I didn't say "Pseudo random number generation". I said "Random number
generation".
cheers,
DaveK
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