Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com From: Michael Meissner Message-ID: <20000705154730.21248@cse.cygnus.com> Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 15:47:30 -0400 To: DJ Delorie Cc: saurabhd@andrew.cmu.edu, cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: Random no. problem References: <734163336.962806837@HPMENT48.ME.CMU.EDU> <200007051832.OAA21046@envy.delorie.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <200007051832.OAA21046@envy.delorie.com>; from DJ Delorie on Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 02:32:24PM -0400 On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 02:32:24PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > Is there a way i can get the same random numbers on Windows NT 4 and > > Sun/SGI ? > > You can write your own random number generator, and use it instead of > the system's generator. Otherwise, there is *no* standard for random > number generators. Actually the ISO C standard mandates the algorithm for the weaker 'rand' and 'srand' functions. 'random' on the other hand is not specified (though most UNIX type environments use the BSD functions in toto). -- Michael Meissner, Red Hat, Inc. PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886, USA Work: meissner@redhat.com phone: +1 978-486-9304 Non-work: meissner@spectacle-pond.org fax: +1 978-692-4482 -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com