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Why is it called ThinAir?

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Why is it called ThinAir?

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Besides the fact that naming a class library is one of the few things harder than actually writing one, I had two reasons for naming it ThinAir. Both are based on the same pun (suggested by Rick Hoselton). Unfortunately “thin air” is where most people get their random numbers. People who are somewhat more sophisticated get their random numbers from PRNGs. Those people usually get their generators from “thin air.

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