Random number generation
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| + | The RND function in 10 PRINT can be considered from a variety of perspectives: | ||
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| + | * as a technical affordance of the BASIC language whose function can be understood | ||
| + | * as one out of a set of strategies for pseudo-random number generation, both in general and specific to platforms like the Commodore 64 | ||
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Different conceptions of randomness: | Different conceptions of randomness: | ||
* ramdomness as uniform distribution over all possibilities | * ramdomness as uniform distribution over all possibilities | ||
