> Angelo Saccomano writes
>
> I have some problem with the use of Scheme function
> "Random". It seems that for n=power of 2 the value returned is not
> so random...
According to Andrew Joseph Kompanek <ak10+_at_andrew.cmu.edu>
I soon realized that STk uses
the stdlib rand() function which is known to be broken (at least on most
Unix's). Among other problems, it *CYCLES* every n calls when
n is a power of 2!
At any rate, rand() is now considered obsolete -- so random() should
really be used instead. Guess this should be fixed in the next
release and everybody should make this change if they want reasonable
pseudo-random numbers.
The fix is simple but it is not so simple if we want to change the seed (in a
compatible way with previous releases).
Furthermore, I suspect that this function is not on all systems, and it should
necessitate some modifications in configure.
I will try to modify it for next release.
-- Erick
Received on Tue Nov 14 1995 - 18:16:16 CET