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Date:      Tue, 27 Feb 2001 03:10:31 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
To:        n@nectar.com (Jacques A. Vidrine)
Cc:        tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert), kris@FreeBSD.ORG (Kris Kennaway), arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/astro/xglobe/files patch-random
Message-ID:  <200102270310.UAA09594@usr05.primenet.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010226090108.C42108@spawn.nectar.com> from "Jacques A. Vidrine" at Feb 26, 2001 09:01:08 AM

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> > So if I run the same program, compiled on a Solaris box, and
> > compiled on a FreeBSD box, both linked against the platform
> > libc, I will get the same results from both machines, without
> > having to carry the random number generator code with my
> > program, over to the new platform?
> 
> Why do you expect this anyway?

I am a scientist.  Repeatability of experiments is important.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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