From: noer@cygnus.com (Geoffrey Noer) Subject: random/srandom (was Re: link problems) 30 Apr 1997 17:09:26 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199704302026.NAA14207.cygnus.gnu-win32@cirdan.cygnus.com> Content-Type: text Original-To: jpmorgan@unm.edu (James Paul Morgan) Original-Cc: m.gregory@rmit.edu.au, wolfpack@empire.net, gnu-win32@cygnus.com In-Reply-To: from "James Paul Morgan" at Apr 29, 97 05:50:40 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com James Paul Morgan wrote: > > As far as I can tell, the gnu-win32 does not have the random and srandom > functions. It only has the rand and srand functions, which are not > nearly as random. I have had problems with moving software from an AIX > system to my Win95 system becuase of this. [...] You are correct. We have not implemented these yet as of the upcoming beta 18 release. If someone can point me to a Berkeley-licensed implementation of them or write them and send me a copyright assignment form, I'll add them... -- Geoffrey Noer noer@cygnus.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".