# Order of expressions

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**Created:** [25 August 2020 16:39 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/order-of-expressions/2021 "2020-08-25T16:39:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [26 August 2020 21:24 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/order-of-expressions/2021/10 "2020-08-26T21:24:14Z")

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> [@mbutz](#):
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> Wow. Still pondering about that... I'd be very grateful if you could elaborate on that. But it would also understand if you'd rather not ...

Basically any random source is an infinitiely detailed waveform, in the same way as `sine` etc, so doesn't contain events. I go into more detail in this video: [Week 4 lesson 1 - continuous patterns - sine, square, tri, saw and random functions](https://club.tidalcycles.org/t/week-4-lesson-1-continuous-patterns-sine-square-tri-saw-and-random-functions/608)

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