Re: [Fwd: Re: [GENERAL] GEQO randomness?]

2008-11-05 Thread Joshua Tolley
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 06:57:25PM -0400, Eric Schwarzenbach wrote: My problem with GEQO using a random number generator is that non-deterministic behavior is really hard to debug, and problems can go undiagnosed for ages. Frankly I would rather something fail all the time, than it work most

[Fwd: Re: [GENERAL] GEQO randomness?]

2008-11-04 Thread Eric Schwarzenbach
My problem with GEQO using a random number generator is that non-deterministic behavior is really hard to debug, and problems can go undiagnosed for ages. Frankly I would rather something fail all the time, than it work most of the time and fail just now and then. Never getting a good plan for a

Re: [Fwd: Re: [GENERAL] GEQO randomness?]

2008-11-04 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 06:57:25PM -0400, Eric Schwarzenbach wrote: My problem with GEQO using a random number generator is that non-deterministic behavior is really hard to debug, and problems can go undiagnosed for ages. Frankly I would rather something fail all the time, than it work most

[Fwd: Re: [GENERAL] GEQO randomness?]

2008-10-31 Thread Eric Schwarzenbach
My problem with GEQO using a random number generator is that non-deterministic behavior is really hard to debug, and problems can go undiagnosed for ages. Frankly I would rather something fail all the time, than it work most of the time and fail just now and then. Never getting a good plan for a