Mail Archives: djgpp/1994/09/26/06:16:43
OK, never, never use ANSI rand()! :-)))
Thanks to Gordon Hogenson for warning me about poorness of the ANSI
implementation of rand().
(BTW: I'm used to such IBM's statements!!! ;-))
Thanks for the code!!
Thanks to Bob Babcock for the "shifting-down" hint.
It IS in the C language FAQ (I suppose...)
And finally, thanks to Ed Phillips, but... ?rand48() is not implemented
in every standard C library (AFAIK), and I'd prefer a more portable impl.!
OK, but what about the strange ODD/EVEN return of djgpp 1.12 (GCC 2.6.0)
rand() function?
And why under Linux op.sys. (GCC 2.5.8) it WORKS ????
Last question: what about portable, VERY good random number generator
function??
I know something about R250 and Marsaglia Random; any other out there?
BTW, I just want to throw some dice and tell the user: oh, you hit 7!!! :-)
ReThanks and BYE!
ZRS (roalz AT varano DOT ing DOT unico DOT it)
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