Hi All, a couple of months ago I was asked to implement a simple random number generator in TeX. It is not very hard for uniform distributions, but I couldn't find satisfactory way to make it reliable and expandable. The problem is that all generators I know (I'm not expirienced in that stuff) use recently generated random number to make another one. For TeX it means we need to make an assignment. OK, there is no many practical reasons for that (: I've found two however. * if \pdfuniquresname is in use, one may want to make his own named resources unique as well * when playing i.e. with page backgrounds or other TeX-based pictures, it might be nice to have a possibility to use random text size/color/position. How do you think? Taco? -- Pawe/l Jackowski P.Jackowski@gust.org.pl