Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 21:18:22 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: Re: I plan to change random() for -current (was Re: rand() and random()) Message-ID: <199610071918.VAA15735@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <1877.844713458@critter.tfs.com> from Poul-Henning Kamp at "Oct 7, 96 08:37:38 pm"
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As Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > And I think we should actually add a function that would seed it > from /dev/random if people want random numbers, for instance > for games. Yep. I wouldn't break the fact that it is pseudo-random by default (and if i've got the ANSI reprint that can be found in K&R II right in mind, this pseudo-randomness is the required behaviour), but an additional function to provide a better random seed than plain `time' is would be fine. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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