Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 13:43:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/stdlib rand.3 rand.c Message-ID: <200104241743.NAA97478@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <200104230229.f3N2TA082491@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200104230229.f3N2TA082491@freefall.freebsd.org>
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<<On Sun, 22 Apr 2001 19:29:10 -0700 (PDT), "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@FreeBSD.org> said: > Add sranddev() since srand() is not vary much with seed, typical time This seems utterly pointless to me. The only reason that any program would use rand()/srand() is because those are the official interfaces specified in ISO 9899. No program would ever use an sranddev() interface; if strict ISO 9899 conformance is not necessary, a better PRNG (such as random() or arc4random()) would have been used. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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