Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site godot.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!whuxle!mit-eddie!godot!bruce From: bruce@godot.UUCP (Bruce Nemnich) Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd,net.lang.lisp Subject: franz lisp (random) bug Message-ID: <134@godot.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Jun-84 22:03:40 EDT Article-I.D.: godot.134 Posted: Wed Jun 13 22:03:40 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Jun-84 07:14:00 EDT Organization: Thinking Machines, Waltham, MA Lines: 10 In the 4.2bsd franz (I don't know about others), (random) has the extremely non-random property of alternating even and odd numbers. To repeat, (loop for i from 1 to 20. collecting (random 2)). I am not an expert on random-number algorithms, so if anyone has a good fix, please let me know. -- --Bruce Nemnich, Thinking Machines Corporation, Waltham, MA {decvax!cca,ihnp4!mit-eddie,allegra!ias}!godot!bruce, BJN@MIT-MC.ARPA