Implements barebones randomness

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Functional teaching language for use in a discrete mathematics course

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Implements barebones randomness #390

Closed justingrubbs closed 5 months ago

justingrubbs commented 5 months ago

Begins to address #55.

Disco> random((1,10000),seed 10000)
(3200, <Gen>)
Disco> random((1,10000),seed 12)
(7611, <Gen>)

In this PR, we:

Add primitive seed and random constructs that allow for the threading of a pseudorandom number generator through computations
Modify example RSA file to generate random prime numbers to be used for encryption/decryption
Add test file that shows computations are still deterministic with randomness

byorgey commented 5 months ago

@justingrubbs You can update the comment in rsa.disco and then once you're happy with it, go ahead and click the "Squash and merge" button (you might have to select it from the dropdown if the button doesn't already say "Squash and merge").