Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 12:39:20 -0700 From: Josh MacDonald <jmacd@CS.Berkeley.EDU> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I plan to change random() for -current (was Re: rand() and random()) Message-ID: <199610081939.MAA20041@paris.CS.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 08 Oct 1996 11:45:34 PDT." <199610081845.LAA16678@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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> > > But I'm also tired of Terry blowing things WAY out of proportion.
> > >
> > > Nobody has even thought about tinkering with rand48.
> > >
> > > Nobody needing serious random numbers uses rand().
> >
> > So now that we've all agreed that serious users of random numbers don't
> > use the system's rand(), can we all agree that for non-serious users
> > who just want a little randomness for playing a game or disolving an
> > image could use a better rand() function so that their programs don't
> > suck on FreeBSD?
>
> For instance, they could use the better rand() function rand48 instead.
paris-~ % uname -a
SunOS paris.CS. 4.1.3 6 sun4c
paris-~ % cat test.c
int main()
{
rand48();
}
paris-~ % gcc test.c
collect2: ld returned 2 exit status
ld: Undefined symbol
_rand48
paris-~ %
FALSE.
-josh
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