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29 Jul 2024 18:18:59 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Random number generator needed !  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 20 Feb 2001 15:29:15
Message: <slrn995ksu.71c.ron.parker@fwi.com>
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 21:25:16 +0100, Rune wrote:
>"Lutz-Peter Hooge" wrote:
>> what about:
>> #macro random(a,b)
>> #local S = seed(a+b);
>> rand(S)
>> #end
>
>Already tried such things, but the sequence is not at all random.

It seems what you want is a hash rather than a random number generator.
Whether such a thing is easy or even possible to implement in POV-script
is another question entirely.

-- 
Ron Parker   http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
My opinions.  Mine.  Not anyone else's.


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