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Comment by kbolino

7 months ago

On the one hand, I never realized that map iteration order was consistent, but it's just the starting point that changes. On the other hand, I guess there's no other way to do it, since a proper shuffle would require O(n) bookkeeping. I suppose you could also flip a coin for going backwards too.

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