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		conistonwater on Dec 9, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Random in the wild 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 | [–]

I have no idea what I was thinking, but I stand corrected. Thanks.

christianmann on Dec 10, 2014 | [–]

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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