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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 12:21:08 -0700
From: Josh MacDonald <jmacd@CS.Berkeley.EDU>
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Subject: rand() and random()
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I'm curious why rand() still exists.  Everyone knows its really
bad.  Why not just ditch it in favor of random()?

-josh