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From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: rand(), random() or libg++ Random ?
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 19:16:14 -0700
Organization: Three pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt
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Sumo Steve wrote:
> 
> stwand07 AT uctvms DOT uct DOT ac DOT za writes:
> 
> >Hi
> 
> >1. Is random() any better?
> >2. Are the libg++ Random classes better?
> 
> >I need a normal distribution with zero mean, so 'better' refers to these
> >criteria.
> 
> 1.      nope AFAIK random is a macro which calls rand

Wrong - random() is supposedly a much better random number generator than
rand().  You seed it with srandom() instead of srand().

> 2.      libg++ does contain a random normal class, and I'd imagine
>         the quality is far superior than rand

Well, if it calls the random() algorithm to do its work, then probably
yes.  :)  However, if he's not using C++, it seems silly to start just
to get this trivial piece of functionality...

-- 
John M. Aldrich, aka Fighteer I <fighteer AT cs DOT com>

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