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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 16:44:16 +0100 (MET)
From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: rand
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On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, DJ Delorie wrote:

> 
> If ANSI doesn't specify the actual sequence of numbers, can we just
> keep returning zero from rand() until srand() is called?

No, at least not unless we're willing to return a constant zero from
rand() again, whenever the user called srand(1) himself. 

I strongly suggest to return to the current behaviour. It may confuse
newbies, but there's no way around that allowed by the standard.

Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.