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PrestoPimp Apprentice
Joined: 18 Sep 2001 Posts: 175 Location: USA
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 6:51 pm
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I've heard that the %random and %dice functions in zMUD are not truely "random". Is there any truth to this?
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Vijilante SubAdmin
Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:05 pm |
There is no truly random, random function in any computing language. As to how random any function will appear depends on how large a range it has to work with.
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Rorso Wizard
Joined: 14 Oct 2000 Posts: 1368
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:12 pm |
quote: Originally posted by Vijilante
There is no truly random, random function in any computing language. As to how random any function will appear depends on how large a range it has to work with.
Some might use PI . |
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