Date:	Thu, 20 Jun 1996 13:25:34 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Nathan Kopp <nkopp AT grfn DOT org>
Cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: How to get a good value for srand?
In-Reply-To:	<4q9png$1u4@newsserv.grfn.org>
Message-Id:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.960620132349.21348C-100000@is>
Mime-Version:	1.0

On 19 Jun 1996, Nathan Kopp wrote:

> How do I get a good value for srand()???  Timer functions like rawclock() 
> are no good because they are always zero the first time you call them.  

The usual way to do this is by calling `time':

	#include <stdlib.h>
	#include <time.h>
	srand ((int)time ((time_t *)0));

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