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From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org>
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To: phk@freebsd.org
Cc: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>,
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Subject: Re: rand() is broken 
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phk@freebsd.org writes:
> RC4 can be implemented in about 4 lines of C.

Yah. If you like writing obfuscated C!

> Anyway, last time we discussed this, I think we stuck with the rand()
> we had because we feared that people were using it's repeatable well
> documented sequence of random numbers in regression testing.

I guess those arguments are now moot?

> This is still a valid concern, but I don't know how significant a
> concern it is.

"Insignificant", IMO.

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