Date:	Mon, 26 Sep 94 10:39:47 EDT
From:	peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu (Bob Babcock)
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Re: Problem with rand() (fwd)
Reply-To:	babcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu

> The book "Numerical Recipies" and its counterpart "Numerical Recipies in C" 
> published by the Cambridge University Press go to great length describing 
> random number generators.  They emphasize that system supplied random number 
> generators should be used with great caution.

Make sure you get the 2nd edition.  The first edition has a generator with a
rather short period.

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