From: Esteban
Subject: random numbers in LISP?
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <B65FCDF9353F453F.F718A8E008677DD7.59B24123A03F8AD7@lp.airnews.net>

Are there built-in random-number generators in Lisp or must one roll one's
own?

Thanks for your help.

• Re: random numbers in LISP? John Clonts
  • Re: random numbers in LISP? Esteban
• Re: random numbers in LISP? Rainer Joswig

From: John Clonts
Subject: Re: random numbers in LISP?
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <3A1C8816.54114978@mastnet.net>

Esteban wrote:
> 
> Are there built-in random-number generators in Lisp 

Yes.

http://www.xanalys.com/software_tools/reference/HyperSpec/FrontMatter/

Look under MasterIndex -> R -> Random

Cheers,
John

From: Esteban
Subject: Re: random numbers in LISP?
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <C9A29862A0530805.94FAA1A1AE3A13BE.E237A7E752FE9CEC@lp.airnews.net>

Thanks for the replies.
I'll take a look at that documentation.
One thousand distinct blessings on you.


"John Clonts" <·······@mastnet.net> wrote in message
······················@mastnet.net...
> Esteban wrote:
> >
> > Are there built-in random-number generators in Lisp
>
> Yes.
>
> http://www.xanalys.com/software_tools/reference/HyperSpec/FrontMatter/
>
> Look under MasterIndex -> R -> Random
>
> Cheers,
> John

From: Rainer Joswig
Subject: Re: random numbers in LISP?
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 23:52:56 +0000
Message-ID: <joswig-4C4FF1.00525623112000@news.is-europe.net>

In article 
<··················································@lp.airnews.net>, 
"Esteban" <···············@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Are there built-in random-number generators in Lisp or must one roll one's
> own?
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> 

See the Common Lisp documentation:

http://www.xanalys.com/software_tools/reference/HyperSpec/Body/fun_random.html

-- 
Rainer Joswig, Hamburg, Germany
Email: ·············@corporate-world.lisp.de
Web: http://corporate-world.lisp.de/