MathAction #365 random does not produce arbitrarily large numbers

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It seems that gcl 2.8.pre hits a hard limit with random. The Hyperspec says it shouldn't...

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(1) -> )lisp (random (expt 10 500))

   Your user access level is compiler and this command is therefore not
      available. See the )set userlevel command for more information.

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)lisp (random (expt 10 500))

   Your user access level is compiler and this command is therefore not
      available. See the )set userlevel command for more information.

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)lisp (random (expt 10 500))

   Your user access level is compiler and this command is therefore not
      available. See the )set userlevel command for more information.

fixed in gcl 2.7.0 --kratt6, Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:21:49 -0500 reply

Status: open => pending (next release)

... --kratt6, Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:20:31 -0800 reply

Status: pending (next release) => closed

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