in reply to Re^5: How to generate different random numbers?
in thread How to generate distinct random numbers?

the other is chosing a member from an infinite set with replacement.

Any number expressible inside a computer is one out of a finite set.

Using a computer to pick a random number "without" an interval simply means picking some x where 0 <= x <= 2n-1.

Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.
— John von Neumann

Makeshifts last the longest.

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