mad.one: > Hi, > > I've just uploaded a package to hackage which is an interface to the > random.org random number generator. > > For those who don't know, random.org provides random data through the > use of atmospheric noise rather than a PRNG that would typically be > invoked if you were to use the System.Random module or somesuch. > > As of current, it can only generate a list of random numbers. However, > random.org also provides an interface to generate random strings, > randomize an input list and a random sequence generator (the > difference being that the sequence generator will not repeat itself, > while the integer one may.) > > Would anybody find these interfaces useful? I think the random number > generator alone is pretty nice, but I'm thinking of expanding it in > the future with these other things since they're nice to have if you > want randomness anyway. > > You can get it from [1] or just: > > $ cabal install RandomDotOrg > > The development repository is tracked using git; you can get yourself > a clone by doing > > $ git clone git://github.com/thoughtpolice/randomdotorg.git >
Can we expose it as a library, perhaps as a PRNG for System.Random? Also, can I get the noise directly off the network as a bytestring (maybe via download-curl ?) -- Don _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
