Re: new coreutil? shuffle - randomize file contents

[David Feuer]

On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 07:01:53AM -0700, Frederik Eaton wrote:
> If it's the pseudorandomness, I think mentioning that is redundant,
> and the same thing I said about not wanting implementation in the API
> applies - a good pseudorandom number generator should be externally
> indistinguishable from an actual random number generator.

Disagree.  There's a useful distinction between the two.  Generally,
someone using pseudorandom numbers expects them to happen quickly and
repeatably.  Someone using random numbers expects them to be really
random.

David