On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 09:14:04AM -0700, Scott Webster wrote: > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 6:28 AM, David Necas (Yeti) <[email protected]> wrote: > > The `random number' is the normalization coefficient. It should > > correspond to what the user guide says and the fitting functions use; > > and it should follow the as-if-it-was-sampled-continuous-FFT general > > rule. But otherwise it's sort of arbitrary. > > "Arbitrary" might indeed be a better word for this situation.
`Random' in this forgotten comment in the source code is used as programmers commonly use it (see the Jargon File). You'll find lots unflattering comments if you dig that deep -- concerning others' (mis)designs as well as my own. Yeti ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Gwyddion-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gwyddion-users
