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Darts, Dice, and Coins: A beautiful article on a beautiful algorithm
Earlier this year, I asked a question on Stack Overflow about a data structure for loaded dice . Specifically, I was interested in answering this question:
- Points
- 145
- HN comments
- 18
- Submissions
- 2
- Cited by
- 8 commenters
Math & AlgorithmsSoftware Engineering2011
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2011 | Darts, Dice, and Coins: A beautiful article on a beautiful algorithm by robrenaud | 145 | 13 |
| Mar 12, 2018 | Darts, Dice, and Coins: Sampling from a Discrete Distribution (2011) by elasticdog | 67 | 5 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 10 Hacker News comments by 8 different people, from Mar 2013 to Oct 2026.
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