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Re: [Chicken-users] u8vector to numbers bignum
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Michele La Monaca |
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Re: [Chicken-users] u8vector to numbers bignum |
Date: |
Thu, 28 May 2015 22:34:55 +0200 |
On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 8:59 AM, Peter Bex <address@hidden> wrote:
> Yeah, the numbers random implementation is shitty, which is why I
> decided to omit it from my port to CHICKEN core (CHICKEN 5's random is
> still fixnum only). Personally, I think it would be better if we simply
> got rid of all "random" support in core, because there's no way this is ever
> going to satisfy everyone. Besides, the standard C library functions are
> deeply flawed, especially on some platforms like OS X.
I think that if you keep removing features from core, we will soon run
out of them. When I use “stock" random functions in any language I
don’t have high expectations, but for sure, I always expect a random
function to be readily available.
Regards,
Michele
- [Chicken-users] u8vector to numbers bignum, chi, 2015/05/27
- Re: [Chicken-users] u8vector to numbers bignum, Peter Bex, 2015/05/28
- Re: [Chicken-users] u8vector to numbers bignum, cowan, 2015/05/28
- Re: [Chicken-users] u8vector to numbers bignum,
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- Re: [Chicken-users] u8vector to numbers bignum, Peter Bex, 2015/05/28
- Re: [Chicken-users] u8vector to numbers bignum, Michele La Monaca, 2015/05/28
- Re: [Chicken-users] u8vector to numbers bignum, John Cowan, 2015/05/28
- Re: [Chicken-users] u8vector to numbers bignum, chi, 2015/05/28
- Re: [Chicken-users] u8vector to numbers bignum, cowan, 2015/05/29
- Re: [Chicken-users] u8vector to numbers bignum, Stephen Eilert, 2015/05/29
Re: [Chicken-users] u8vector to numbers bignum, Alex Shinn, 2015/05/28
Re: [Chicken-users] u8vector to numbers bignum, Kon Lovett, 2015/05/28
Re: [Chicken-users] u8vector to numbers bignum, chi, 2015/05/28