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Anthia Tillbury
3,388 PointsWhy is randomisation not in Foundation?
Why, when attempting to randomise a number, is it the GameKit framework that contains that function, rather than say Foundation?
2 Answers
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 PointsHi Anthia,
Honestly, there is no real answer to that questions other than it is just what the Developers chose to do with the language as it was being designed. but, if I had to guess at their reasoning, I would say it would be because gaming would need a randomizer the most out of any type of app development, so putting it in GameKit seems to make the most sense.
But, like I said, when the language was being designed, that placement was the decision they made.
:)
Anthia Tillbury
3,388 PointsI suppose, one of those things.
I noticed in the documentation that Generating Random Numbers (OSX/iOS) leads down a cryptographic path:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/randomization_services
It seems like a bit of a jump.