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Subject: Re: Cutting a deck of cards
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Why on Earth would you want to? "Cutting" a deck makes no sense in software=
. Randomize the deck properly (Google "Fisher-Yates") and start dealing. Cu=
tting the deck will not make it any more random, and in fact will probably =
make it worse depending on how you choose the cutpoint.

The purpose of "cutting" cards is to make it more difficult for human deale=
rs to stack a deck. Simulating it in software makes no more sense than simu=
lating the cigars you smoke while playing.