On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 3:17 AM, Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuc...@outlook.com> wrote: > def f(x): > return x+1 > > or you can just go: > > f(roll_d6())
Hmm. Interesting. So now we have a question: Does adding 1 to a random number make it less random? It adds determinism to the number; can a number be more deterministic while still no less random? Ah! I know. The answer comes from common sense: a = random() # a is definitely a random number a -= random() # a is no longer random, we subtracted all the randomness from it Of course, since number-number => number, a is still a number. And so we can conclude that adding 1 to a random dice roll does indeed leave all the randomness still in it. But wait! That means we can do better!! a = random() # a is a random number a *= 5 # a is clearly five times as random now! ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
