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?
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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.