Re: Generating Random Numbers with Normal Distribution

LOL.. Guess I need to keep up with the change log a little better... -- Stephen Johnson c | eh The Lone Coder http://www.thelonecoder.com continuing the struggle against bad code http://www.thumbnailresume.com -- > From: Nathan Nobbe <quickshiftin@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:40:36 -0500 > To: Stephen Johnson <maillists@thelonecoder.com> > Cc: AmirBehzad Eslami <behzad.eslami@gmail.com>, PHP General list > <php-general@lists.php.net> > Subject: Re: [PHP] Generating Random Numbers with Normal Distribution > > On Dec 10, 2007 2:37 PM, Stephen Johnson <maillists@thelonecoder.com> wrote: > >> True randomization is only really possible in nature, so I am not sure you >> ever be completely happy with programming random numbers... But it may >> help >> you get better results if you include srand() in your randomization code. > > > the seeding methods have been deprecated; this from the manual: > > *Note*: As of PHP 4.2.0, there is no need to seed the random number > generator with srand() > <http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.srand.php> or > mt_srand() > <http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.mt-srand.php> as this > is > now done automatically. > > -nathan