Date:	Sun, 25 Jan 1998 11:28:05 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Mirek Prywata <mpry AT fuw DOT edu DOT pl>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: random numbers?
In-Reply-To:	<34C797D7.4FE23B3F@fuw.edu.pl>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.980125112747.6225G-100000@is>
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On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Mirek Prywata wrote:

> IMHO there's no point in using different generator from rand(). If you
> want to have better generator you must write it on your own, in order to
> know, how it works.

In DJGPP, there is no problem to know how both `rand' and `random'
work: just donwload the library sources in djlsr201.zip and look
there.  Anybody who knows something about pseudo-random numbers will
see immediately that `random' is far superior.

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