>>>>> "Timothy" == Timothy J Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Timothy> (2 raisedTo: 128) atRandom hex Timothy> Gives me results like: Timothy> B990880B732110000000000000000001 Timothy> BFD3A7B37FA750000000000000000001 Timothy> E0A6F981C14DF0000000000000000001 Timothy> Somehow I'm not buying the lower-order bits on this one. :) It's pretty likely you have a 16-bit random generator, so there just aren't enough bits to make the low-order bits random in any way shape or form. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners