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Subject: Re: I plan to change random() for -current (was Re: rand() and random()) 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 08 Oct 1996 10:42:49 PDT."
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Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 20:35:57 +0200
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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.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.

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