On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Steve Langton wrote:
> My own experience suggests that the Excel random number generator is
> adequate for most practical purposes.
Linking this to the other recent query:
+SUM( 1, 1, 1O, 1.2, 2-34, ll ) = 3.2
Is that random enough for practical use?
I am constantly reminded of the days when users would insist on switching
off array and overflow checks in the Fortran system, so "the program will
run faster and not give any error messages."
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