Kirk's PRNG

"Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin." --John von Neumann

‘Programmers Are Tiny Gods’

Derek Powazek:

Like designers, if you give a programmer a problem with parameters, they'll apply every bit of genius they have to solve it in the best possible way. If you tell them how to do it, you'll suffer the wrath of an angry God.

(via Daring Fireball)
 

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