Re: Controlling Javascript from server side

In comp.lang.javascript message <1188414817.968016.204180@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
oglegroups.com>, Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:13:37, Bart Van der Donck
<bart@xxxxxxxxxx> posted:

ajax('file.py?' + (new Date()).getTime(), '', '');

That is conceptually better, yes. But any idea about which scale we're
talking here ? Math.random() gives me 15 to 18 digits after comma,
let's say 16 for easy calculation.

In that case, it probably gives about 2^53 different values. However,
Opera 9.21 & 9.23 give only about 2^31 values, or so it seems.

In cases where each state of the PRNG gives a different value to
Math.random(), the latter will NOT repeat until all states have been
traversed.

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