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[Petr Adamek: Re: decmips 7.7G: rand() ]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ezra Peisach)
Thu Oct 13 08:39:02 1994
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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 08:38:56 EDT
From: Ezra Peisach <epeisach@MIT.EDU>
For the record...
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Subject: Re: decmips 7.7G: rand()
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 12 Oct 1994 20:17:03 EDT."
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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 22:48:06 EDT
From: Petr Adamek <adamek@MIT.EDU>
Ezra,
> The rand function is known not to produce good random numbers - at least
> for the low order bits. If you read the man page for rand, it suggests
> that random(3) should be used.
Oops. I am sorry for not reading the manpages. I thought, rather
naively, that a function required in the standard library by ANSI C
standard might be deemed a reliable one. Not so.
Thanks anyway,
Petr
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