Random numbers not so random
Created by: dvkt
Maybe the seed is constant by accident? I get the same results each time, it seems:
$ cat rand.ldpl
DATA:
r is number
i is number
PROCEDURE:
while i is less than 5 do
store random in r
display r crlf
incr i
repeat
$ for i in {1..5}; do echo "# ${i}"; ./rand-bin; done
# 1
0.365382414946976
0.982248013830859
0.642368455250919
0.28662740219693
0.346748723809956
# 2
0.365382414946976
0.982248013830859
0.642368455250919
0.28662740219693
0.346748723809956
# 3
0.365382414946976
0.982248013830859
0.642368455250919
0.28662740219693
0.346748723809956
# 4
0.365382414946976
0.982248013830859
0.642368455250919
0.28662740219693
0.346748723809956
# 5
0.365382414946976
0.982248013830859
0.642368455250919
0.28662740219693
0.346748723809956