RE : crazy run-time fluctuations (mostly super-slow) -- a bit more data
Subject: RE : crazy run-time fluctuations (mostly super-slow) -- a bit more data
From: Robert Dodier
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:16:28 -0600
On 10/22/11, Oliver Kullmann <O.Kullmann at swansea.ac.uk> wrote:
> The only information seems to be that example at
> http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/v_rnd_st.htm#STrandom-stateST
> Okay, let's enter it:
> In form
> (LISP-EVAL
> (LIST (LOOP FOR I FROM 1 TO 10 COLLECT (RANDOM))
> (LET ((*RANDOM-STATE* SNAP-SHOT))
> (LOOP FOR I FROM 1 TO 10 COLLECT (RANDOM)))
> (LOOP FOR I FROM 1 TO 10 COLLECT (RANDOM))
> (LET ((*RANDOM-STATE* SNAP-SHOT))
> (LOOP FOR I FROM 1 TO 10 COLLECT (RANDOM)))))
> Wrong number of arguments passed to function RANDOM.
Heh, that's a good one. RANDOM takes a least one argument,
namely an upper bound.
best
Robert Dodier