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I've had this problem too ... (Score:2)

by drhyde (1683)

... with Net::Random. In this case, I don't use rand(), but I need to test a module whose output is meant to be truly random. Ugh.
- Re:I've had this problem too ... (Score:1)
  
  by wnodom (2030) on 2004.06.23 16:28 (#31809) Homepage Journal
  
  I need to test a module whose output is meant to be truly random.
  
  I've used Statistics::ChiSquare [cpan.org] for this in the past, and it worked quite well. It was originally written by the very-large-brained Jon Orwant, and is currently maintained by David Cantrell.
  --Bill
  
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