On Thu, 4 Dec 2008 00:07:56 -0800 (PST) "don.aman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Since we're being all high-level, it'd be good for a random function > which allows us to specify the range of numbers, since % doesn't > promise an even spread of probabilities (especially for large ranges).
If one plans to get very involved in the business of noise, I would recommend exploring Boost's random library for C++. It provides an array of entropy sources (MT, lagged fib, nondeterministic sources, etc) and statistical distributions (uniform, normal, lognormal, and a BUNCH more), and the user composes one of each to produce a generator. I don't know how well the API would translate into a functional programming style, but such a separation turns out to be fairly elegant. Of course, it's probably also far too specialized to belong in the core! As much flak as C++ gets, I feel like Boost goes a *long* way towards making C++ productive and enjoyable for certain kinds of problems. There are a lot of smart folks behind Boost and I personally wouldn't hesitate to steal good ideas from them :) -Kyle --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
