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clarry
on Dec 9, 2014
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Random in the wild
Doesn't matter what your RAND_MAX is if you're taking the result modulo anything that's not a power of two.
conistonwater
on Dec 9, 2014
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No, it does matter. If RAND_MAX is really large, the relative error in "incorrect" probabilities is really small. Unless you have a critical need for it to be precisely correct, the error is basically negligible.
clarry
on Dec 10, 2014
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I have no idea what I was thinking, but I stand corrected. Thanks.
christianmann
on Dec 10, 2014
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And if you have a need for it to be precisely correct, I have bad news for you about the word "random".
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