Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.05.10002241839070.18911-100000@auk.stats>
Date: 2000-02-24T18:40:17Z
From: Brian Ripley
Subject: RNG usability
In-Reply-To: <38B56D94.9C38FAED@bank-banque-canada.ca>
On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, Paul Gilbert wrote:
> Brian
>
> Interesting. I never thought of the normal generator compensating for
> deficiencies in the uniform. Thanks.
>
> Paul
>
> P.S. (Still please add "user-supplied" as an optional normal.kind in 1.1 if
> possible. I would like to be able to run my old tests without my library taking
> over parts of R base.)
Yes, I have it on the list. (As you may appreciate, 1.0.0 on 29 Feb is
rather higher up!) Depending how easy it is, it may make 1.0.x.
Brian
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