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Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] random returns the same number on x86_64 a
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Alex Shinn |
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Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] random returns the same number on x86_64 all the time |
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Thu, 1 Mar 2012 10:55:07 +0900 |
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 5:00 AM, Peter Bex <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> While looking into the strange behavior found in #793 I found out the
> following disturbing fact (ONLY on amd64):
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> #;1> (random most-positive-fixnum)
> -2147483648
> #;2> (random most-positive-fixnum)
> -2147483648
> #;3> (random most-positive-fixnum)
> -2147483648
> #;4> (random most-positive-fixnum)
> -2147483648
> ..etc..
http://xkcd.com/221/
http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2001-10-25/
--
Alex