[comp.unix.questions] random distribution

kuszewsk@euler.biology.yale.edu (John Kuszewski) (05/08/91)

Hi!

does anyone know the type of distribution produced by random?  Is it flat,  
Gaussian, Maxwellian, or what?  Please respond via email, since I don't read  
this group regularly.

Thanks.

John Kuszewski
kuszewsk@euler.biology.yale.edu (preferred) or
johnk@suned.cs.yale.edu (more reliable)

mouse@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (der Mouse) (05/13/91)

In article <1991May7.181058.21301@cs.yale.edu>, kuszewsk@euler.biology.yale.edu (John Kuszewski) writes:
> does anyone know the type of distribution produced by random?

It is supposed to be uniform.  I don't know what it actually is; it
probably depends on your system.

					der Mouse

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