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Article #545Re: FULL HOUSE
From: Dave Seaman
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 23:55
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 23:55
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In article <1992Sep15.180943.1844@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com> scotts@hpmcaa (Scott Scheirman) writes: > Also srand() may repeat before you have run out of all possible card hands. If you want to generate all possible card hands, you don't need a random number generator. The whole point of using a random number generator is to select a sample that is smaller than the entire space being considered, and yet to do the selection without bias. -- Dave Seaman ags@seaman.cc.purdue.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!news From: ags@seaman.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Seaman) Newsgroups: sci.math.num-analysis Subject: Re: FULL HOUSE Message-ID: <Bun941.ED6@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Date: 15 Sep 92 23:55:12 GMT References: <1992Sep15.180943.1844@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com> Sender: news@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (USENET News) Organization: Purdue University Lines: 13