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< h1 class = "post-title" > The Buridan's donkey in python< / h1 >
< span class = "post-date" > 02 Apr 2016< / span >
< p > During the final weeks of my exam session I started reading a bit about python 3 using an excellent book: < a href = "http://www.diveintopython.net/" > Dive into Python< / a > .
When I noted that python uses the < a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersenne_Twister" > Mersenne Twister PRNG< / a > as well I decided to write another version of my < a href = "http://francescomecca.eu/index.php/archives/207" > Buridan' s donkey program< / a > .< / p >
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< p > This script works in a different way than the one in c++.
Rather than shuffling a list made by the entries in the arguments, it pops randomly one entry from the list till the list is empty.< / p >
< p > Not satisfied enough, I wrote also a telegram bot using the < a href = "https://github.com/eternnoir/pyTelegramBotAPI" > telebot library< / a > that works as the script above but inside the telegram app.
The bot can be added to your contact list by simply searching for < a href = "http://telegram.me/duridan_donkey_bot" > @duridan_donkey_bot< / a > (yes, a typo!)< / p >
< p > All the code is opensource and can be found on my github page.< / p >
< p > Francesco Mecca< / p >
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