Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 13:25:34 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Nathan Kopp <nkopp AT grfn DOT org>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: How to get a good value for srand?
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On 19 Jun 1996, Nathan Kopp wrote:

> How do I get a good value for srand()???  Timer functions like rawclock() 
> are no good because they are always zero the first time you call them.  

The usual way to do this is by calling `time':

	#include <stdlib.h>
	#include <time.h>
	srand ((int)time ((time_t *)0));