Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 20:35:57 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: mrm@Mole.ORG, wollman@lcs.mit.edu, ache@nagual.ru, bde@zeta.org.au, current@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Subject: Re: I plan to change random() for -current (was Re: rand() and random()) Message-ID: <780.844799757@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 08 Oct 1996 10:42:49 PDT." <199610081742.KAA16537@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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In message <199610081742.KAA16537@phaeton.artisoft.com>, Terry Lambert writes: >> Nobody needing serious random numbers uses rand(). > >What about the multicast routing draft, which uses the function for >its hash, and therefore expects it to be implemented identically >across all platforms? So they're using it for a hash function ? sounds like a more suitable use that as a (pseudo-)random generator. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.
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