Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 09:57:41 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Sun, 2 May 1999, Richard Fabian wrote:

> 1. If you generate a set of random numbers using the same seed on
> different machines, do you get the same set?

No, because the implementation of the random number generators is
different on different platforms.

> 2. Is there a way to generate random numbers without accessing the
> rand() function.

You mean, you want to include your own random generator as part of the
program, right?

You could, of course, write your own version of `rand' (for starters,
the sources of the DJGPP implementation are freely available, and many
books on computer algorithms will show at least one random generator).