James Clarke wrote:

> I believe it's actually (3C2)*(2/3)^16 - (3C1)*(1/3)^16 ~= 0.46% (the
> subtracted value is negligible).

Thanks :)

> > It will also FTBFS if it generates the exact same random string, but
> > that seems a little more unlikely.
> 
> P = (1/3)^16 = 2.3e-8 or 0.0000023%, which isn't quite as absurdly small
> as you might think.

Ah, but a little more unlikely than 0.46%… :)


Regards,

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