Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:42:46 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: kris@FreeBSD.ORG (Kris Kennaway) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert), n@nectar.com (Jacques A. Vidrine), arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rand(3) (was Re: cvs commit: ports/astro/xglobe/files patch-random) Message-ID: <200102271942.MAA29005@usr05.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <20010226231515.B94159@citusc17.usc.edu> from "Kris Kennaway" at Feb 26, 2001 11:15:15 PM
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> Okay, now I'm annoyed. I just looked at glibc, and it already does > what is being discussed here, namely aliasing rand() to random() > (which appears to be the same algorithm we use for random()). There > goes your "pseudo-standardization" argument out the window, which > means you obviously hadn't checked your facts and were just describing > the state of your internal fantasy universe. Thanks for wasting > everyone's time with this silly thread. Check your history. Linux made the same mistake you are proposing to make. The advent of glibc is relatively recent. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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