From: "Tony O'Bryan" <aho450s AT nic DOT smsu DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Generating random numbers...
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 15:32:23 +0000
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Ryan wrote:

> i know that it is probably incredibly inefficient and bad coding and
> all of that crap, but it seeds the number generator rand() pretty well

Seeding the random number generator a thousand times isn't going to make it any
more random than seeding it once.  The only "gain" you get is knowing that the
generator algorithm will start from a different point.  This isn't going to make
subsequent random number requests any more random.

Using "srand(time(NULL))" is just as effective, but easier to follow.