Re: Can erand48 really generate a 1.0?

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From: Fred Ma
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 16:53

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"George W. Bush" wrote:

> The source code is available for this function. That is the final authority.

Gosh, Mr. President.  I never imagined that you
did numerical programming in your spare  time.
And so....authoritatively.   ;)  Thank you for
your stately advice.

Fred

P.S.
Seriously, if it's not standard C, who decides which source
code is the authority?  Or is there just one defacto standard?

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