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Subject: Re: Cormas random
From: Serge Stinckwich (serge.stinckwich@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Aug 17 2009 - 05:03:54 CEST
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Jean-Emmanuel
Rougier<jean-emmanuel.rougier@lisode.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
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> I do apologize in advance if my question is a newbie one, but as I am
> totally new in the fantastic world of Cormas…
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> I am using the Cormas random procedure in order to have random numbers
> (yes).
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> So, I use exactly the formula : (Cormas random*n) truncated.
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> To obtain uniform distribution of random numbers from the sequence
> {0,1,2,…,n-1}
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> Of course, as Smalltalk is full of tricks for a newcomers that comes from
> C/C++, I tested it.
If you want to learn how to wrote program in Smalltalk, you can read
the book: "Squeak by example".
This book is freely available on the web: http://www.squeakbyexample.org/fr/
The focus is on Squeak, an open-source Smalltalk, but it can be used
also with VisualWorks.
Best regards,
-- Serge Stinckwich UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC), Hanoi, Vietnam Smalltalkers do: [:it | All with: Class, (And love: it)] http://doesnotunderstand.org/