From: George Foot <mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: random numbers?
Date: 22 Jan 1998 18:16:46 GMT
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On Thu, 22 Jan 1998 19:12:33 +0100 in comp.os.msdos.djgpp Mirek
Prywata <mpry AT fuw DOT edu DOT pl> wrote:

: Eli Zaretskii wrote:
: > 
: > This is only correct for Borland.  In DJGPP and many Unix compilers,
: > `random' is a function, not a macro, and it uses an entirely different
: > algorithm.  Please make a point to double-check yourself before posting
: > such definitive replies.

: That's true, I was wrong. I simply meant
: int random(int) and not int random (void)

... but even so, random does not take an integer.  I don't have djgpp
here to check, but the prototype should be `int random (void);'.

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Regards,

george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk