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Re: Random no. problem
On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 02:32:24PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
>
> > Is there a way i can get the same random numbers on Windows NT 4 and
> > Sun/SGI ?
>
> You can write your own random number generator, and use it instead of
> the system's generator. Otherwise, there is *no* standard for random
> number generators.
Actually the ISO C standard mandates the algorithm for the weaker 'rand' and
'srand' functions. 'random' on the other hand is not specified (though most
UNIX type environments use the BSD functions in toto).
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