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Change of random seed
From: |
Tim Rice |
Subject: |
Change of random seed |
Date: |
Sat, 6 Aug 2022 06:22:14 +0000 |
Hey all,
Just a heads up that I've slightly refactored the init_random function into a
separate source file and changed the seed to use getrandom(2).
Looking over the getrandom source in gnulib, I believe this should be
compatible with platforms other than GNU/Linux. However, if it gives you a
problem, please let me know.
Although a small change, this foreshadows a larger body of work which people
may find interesting. I intend to implement a `rand` program capable of
simulating random numbers drawn from popular probability distributions.
This is intended to be analagous to functions like runif, rnorm and rexp in the
R programming language. In future, you will be able to do things like `rand
norm --mean=3 --stdev=1.2 10` or `rand exp --rate=5 1` from your shell, where
the R equivalents would be `rnorm(10, 3, 1.2)` and `rexp(1,5)`.
So, the first step is to set up the skeleton with a couple of extra source
files, and switch to a more standard way of seeding random numbers :)
~ Tim
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