Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 18:08:31 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Chester Wong <cpw10 AT columbia DOT edu>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: random numbers error in DJGPP
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On Sun, 2 Feb 1997, Chester Wong wrote:

> For some reason, I was never able to find RAND_MAX documented anywhere.

What documentation do you need?  libc.inf documents that `rand' returns a
random integer between 0 and RAND_MAX.  If you need to know its value,
RAND_MAX is defined on <stdlib.h>, but IMHO you gain nothing by knowing
exactly what value does it have. 

> Is RAND_MAX the same as INT_MAX, or should I not make this assumption?

No, you should not assume this in a portable program.