Random

A random number generator

(c) 2011 Traian Nedelea

What is it?

This is a random number generator I wrote to use in statistical analysis tools. I found the digits in A Million Random Digits to have a different distribution than what I needed, so I wrote my own.

Features

• Generates 1 million random numbers
• Outputs to STDOUT
• Simple command-line interface - no arguments to remember or regexes to write!
• Loops
• Compatible with most locales

How do I use it?

perl gen.pl

Known Bugs

• If you try to run this on a computer with < 1MB of RAM, it will probably croak.
• Does not respect all environment variables, most notably, $DISPLAY.