From: Alex Young <alex@...>
Date: 2006-06-19T18:52:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Is it more convenient to have a random_each in ruby stdlib?

Kroeger, Simon (ext) wrote:
>  
> 
>> From: uncutstone wu
>> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 9:54 AM
<snip>
>> class  Array
>> 	def random_each
>> 		a = self.dup
<snip>

> I think it's a little bit to simple to be put in the standard lib.
> 
> a.sort_by{rand}.each {|e| print e , ' '}

For large collections, it'd be much nicer not to have to either 
duplicate or sort - isn't this something that quasirandom sequences are 
good for?  Is there some GSL-guru out there who can comment?

-- 
Alex