in reply to Fisher-Yates theory

If you look at this this you will find that there is a term in statistics called "Fisher-Yates Test". So maybe our "homeworker" might want to look at that.

BTW: This is not a perl question.

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Re: Re: Fisher-Yates theory
by artist (Parson) on Jul 24, 2003 at 06:06 UTC
    I consider algorithm related question, which can be used in Perl should be allright on this forum, if not in SOPW.

    artist

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      No, not really. You see in the title it says "perlquestion"(update: in my title it does, cause I have a custom node title definition), which it most certainly it is not. Had it been approved in the meditations category, it would still be homework, but it might be appropriate. Had he included his attempts at implementing said algorithm, then it would be ok in SOPW(perlquestion).

      On a slight sidenote, PerlMonks is a community. Say it with me, not a forum ;)

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