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Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically

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On 2013-05-24 14:43, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Peter Brooks
> <peter.h.m.brooks@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Actually, thinking about
>> it, there is probably a source of non-algorithmically-derived 'random'
>> numbers somewhere on the net that would do the job nicely.
>
> True entropy is usually provided by a source such as /dev/random (on
> Unix systems). It's sometimes referred to as "cryptographic"
> randomness, due to its necessity in secure encryption work. There are
> various ways to get this in a cross-platform way.

os.random() and os.urandom(), particularly.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
   -- Umberto Eco

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Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Peter Brooks <peter.h.m.brooks@gmail.com> - 2013-05-24 01:14 -0700
  Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-24 18:37 +1000
  Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-05-24 09:47 +0100
  Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-24 19:11 +1000
    Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically duncan smith <buzzard@invalid.invalid> - 2013-05-24 15:33 +0100
  Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-05-24 06:10 -0400
  Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-24 10:52 +0000
    Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-05-24 07:26 -0400
      Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Peter Brooks <peter.h.m.brooks@gmail.com> - 2013-05-24 06:23 -0700
        Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-24 13:57 +0000
        Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2013-06-12 14:14 +0100
    Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2013-05-24 10:33 -0700
      Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2013-05-25 18:25 -0700
        Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-05-25 21:49 -0400
  RE: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-24 18:00 +0300
    Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Peter Brooks <peter.h.m.brooks@gmail.com> - 2013-05-24 12:01 -0700
      RE: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-25 00:33 +0300
        Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Peter Brooks <peter.h.m.brooks@gmail.com> - 2013-05-24 17:28 -0700

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