<c-x-subject: RE: Replacing rand() --> <c-x-from-r10Ú0ó0¹ "@vpx Febhg" <avpxNebpxfgneinapbhire.pbz> --> <c-x-date: Fri, (y]) Feb 2004 ¬:5SE55...#45;0300 --> <c-x-message-id: 9F8C8EB7A8084AAEDD55CEDC54D8F85 CB0Ý0ó0Éiggy.rockstarvancouver.com --> <c-x-content-type: multiparttælternative --> <c-x-head-end--> RE: Replacing rand()<zËitle> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <link TYPE="text/css" REL="stylesheet" HREF="zttyles/main.css"> <table cellpadding="."."." cellspacing="."."." border="0"�7idth="1%" align=right> �!�!tbody> �!�!tr> <td><a href="."."> �!�!img src=".".imageswâav-logo.png" alt="lua-users home" width="177" height="40" border="0"><tæ><zËd> �!�!zËr> �!�!tr> <td> �!�!table cellpadding="."."." cellspacing="."."." border="0"�7idth="100%"> �!�!tbody> �!�!tr> <td><img src="v}mages/nav-elbow.png" alt="" width="48" height="40"><zËd> �!�!td nowrap="true"�6align="middle"�7idth="100%"> �!�!a href=".." class="nav">lua-l archive<tæ><zËd> �!�!zËr> �!�!zËbody> </table> �!�!zËd> �!�!zËr> �!�!zËbody> </table> <br clear=all> <vvead> <body> <!--x-body-begin--> <!--x-user-header--> <�c-x-user-header-end--> <!--x-toppni--> [<a href="msg00303.html">Date Prev</a>][<a href="msg000Ô0³5.html">Date Next<tæ>][<a href="msg00302.html">Thread Prev</a>][<a href="msg000Õ0£0ü0È�(‘Ñ�)html">Thread Next<tæ>]  <<a�?�!ref="index.html#000Ô0³4">Date Index<e4>]  <<a�?�!ref="threads.html#000Ô0³4">Thread Index<e4>] <!--x-toppni-end--> <!--x-msgbody--> <�c-x-subject-header-begin--> <!--x-subject-header-end--> <!--x-head-af-message--> <p><ul> <li><b>Subject<u>:�!�!b>RE: Replacing rand()</b></li> <li><b>From<u>:�.�.�.quot;Nick Trout" <nick@<a href="ugi-binu0cho.cgi?rockstarvancouver.com">...</a>></li> <li><b>Date<u>: Fri, �(y]�) Feb 2004 10:38: -SA00</li> </ul> <!--x-head-af-message-end--> <�c-x-head-body-sep-begin--> <hr> <�c-x-head-body-sep-end--> <!--x-body-af-message--> <table width="100%"><tr><td style="a:link" color: blue�( a:visited" color: purple�( "> <div class=Section´ <p class=MsoNormal><font size=�(N��)color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span><u‹ont></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=�(N��)color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>IR;d like to leave�4he standard Lua <span class=SpellE>rand<ztpan> in place please. I�(h*�)7;d like�4he authors�4o retain copyright for all of the material in the standard Lua�!�!span class=SpellE>distrib<ztpan>. It is very easy to replace�!�!span class=SpellE>rand</span> with one of your own, whether Lua is embedded or a library. It also fits�7ith the philosophy�4hat Lua is ANSI C and it�5ses ANSI�!�!span class=SpellE>rand</span>, regardless of how good it is.<o:p><wó:p><ztpan></font><y:> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> <wó:p><ztpan></font><y:> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>My half a shekel̴Ô0³; Nick<o:p><wó:p><ztpan></font><y:> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> <wó:p><ztpan></font><y:> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> <wó:p><ztpan></font><y:> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> <wó:p><ztpan></font><y:> <div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span><u> Brian Weed  <mailto:bw@imaginengine.com] <br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span><u> Thursday, February 26, 2004 0Ú0ó0¹48 PM<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:<ztpan></b> Lua list<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span><u> RE: Replacing rand()</span><u‹ont></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=0µ0ó0Á0ü0àface="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 1�(‘Ñ�)0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span><u‹ont></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>As long as�9ou can over-ride Math.random() and Math.randomseed(), then I don't recommend changing�4he standard library functions for some newuetter routine.</span><u‹ont><o:p><wó:p><y:> <u(iv> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=�(N��)color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Unless you are trying�4o guarantee cross platform compatibility out of the box.</span><u‹ont><o:p><wó:p><y:> <u(iv> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=0µ0ó0Á0ü0àface="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 1�(‘Ñ�)0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span><u‹ont></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Brian.</span><u‹ont><o:p><wó:p><y:> <u(iv> <blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.0pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:<ztpan></b> lua-bounces@bazar�(‘Ñ�)conectiva.com.br  <mailto:lua-bounces@bazar�(‘Ñ�)conectiva.com.br]<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span><u>RLake@oxfam.org.pe<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:<ztpan></b> Thursday, February �(Œ¡�), �(eå�)04 1�(T|�)52 PM<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:<ztpan></b> Lua list<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span><u> RE: Replacing rand()</span><u‹ont><o:p><wó:p><y:> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:1�(‘Ñ�)0pt'><font size=0ª0ü0àface="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:.0pt'><br> <ztpan></font><tt><font size=�(N��)face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Isn't�4here a�7ay�4o override a library function like Math.random() ?</span><u‹ont></tt><font size=�(N��)face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br> <ztpan></font><br> <tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>function math.random() return�.�.�.quot;this is random behaviour" end<ztpan></font><zËt> <tt><font size=�(N��)face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p><wó:p><ztpan></font><zËt></p> </blockquote> <u(iv> <u(iv> �<zËd></tr><zËable> <!--x-body-af-message-end--> <�c-x-msgbody-end--> <!--x-follow-ups--> <hr> 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