Re^5: Get the order of HTTP request headers

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Re^6: Get the order of HTTP request headers by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 06, 2010 at 18:58 UTC
Yes. Without knowing the seed or the hashing algorithm, I correctly predicted 99% of the results the first time I ran the program, and I correctly predicted 100% results the second time I ran the program. The hash was never reseeded since the pathological case was never encountered. In a more casual sense, the order is unpredictable. It just hasn't been shown to be random. Even if the hash had been reseeded.	[reply]
Re^7: Get the order of HTTP request headers by WizardOfUz (Friar) on May 06, 2010 at 19:19 UTC
Let's just say that randomness lies in the eye of the beholder and call it a day.	[reply]
Re^8: Get the order of HTTP request headers by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 06, 2010 at 19:29 UTC
If something is random, the odds of an outcome occurring is equal to the odds of each other outcome occurring. Something can be unpredictable without being random. Without a doubt, the order of the values returned by `keys(%ENV)` is unpredictable.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^9: Get the order of HTTP request headers by WizardOfUz (Friar) on May 06, 2010 at 19:41 UTC
Re^10: Get the order of HTTP request headers by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 06, 2010 at 21:22 UTC
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