random number generators for calc

tino <ttk448 -AT- gmail.com>
Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:17:40 +0000

Hi,

There are currently only uniform random number generators available in
calc, namely RAND() and RANDBETWEEN(...). I'd be interested in
generators for other distributions, like normal, exponential etc.

I'd suggest using boost/random.hpp and then implementation will be
straight forward. We could also replace rand()/(RAND_MAX+1) in RAND()
with a boost random generator (rand() under windows can be extremely
poorly implemented and only have 2^16 different values or so). This
would also solve this windows only bug:

 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33365

Opinions?

Cheers, Tino

Context

random number generators for calc · tino
- Re: random number generators for calc · Kohei Yoshida
  - Re: random number generators for calc · tino
    - Re: random number generators for calc · Kohei Yoshida
      - Re: random number generators for calc · tino
        
        Re: random number generators for calc · Kohei Yoshida
        
        Re: random number generators for calc · tino
        
        Re: random number generators for calc · Kohei Yoshida
        Re: random number generators for calc · Eike Rathke
        Re: random number generators for calc · Kohei Yoshida
        Re: random number generators for calc · Eike Rathke

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