TPW function RANDOM

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From: Hunting the Snark
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 06:11

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I am interested in the details of TPW's RANDOM number generator. How random is
it really, what is it's periodicity, what algorithm does it use, and any thing
else you'd like to share? Is it the same algorithm as in TurboC++?

My specific interest is this: my application creates 18 random integers in the
range of 0..11 (inclusive). Using RANDOM, are all possible combinations of an
18 number sequence equally probable? I'd like to be able to quantify how far
it is from that ideal.

Thanks,

Steve Marshall

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Subject: TPW function RANDOM
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