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pervycreeper
on June 8, 2014
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Steve Wozniak is not boring
or a loop that is not guaranteed to end?
klodolph
on June 8, 2014
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PRNGs don't work that way. They have periods over which all possible output values are produced, close to an equal number of times. Even when producing tuples, we know that this won't loop forever.
pervycreeper
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You know that, because you already know how "rand" is implemented
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