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Hecuba's daughter9/13/2017 4:11:46 pm PDT

re: #189 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Fixed for you.

Writing a true random number generator is non-trivial. Given the level of competence on display here, they’d be much better off using someone else’s work.

AFAIK, all the random number generators out there are actually pseudo random number generators. The programs use complex mathematical formulas to generate a sequence of numbers; if a user gives the routine a starting seed, the numbers produced will always be the same for that seed. There are mathematical tests to see if a sequence appears random and these will all pass those tests, but they aren’t truly random.