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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.development:603 comp.os.386bsd.bugs:595 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!torn!nott!bnrgate!bnr.co.uk!pipex!uknet!cf-cm!paul From: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul) Subject: Re: rand48 family Message-ID: <1993Apr28.111630.11081@cm.cf.ac.uk> Sender: news@cm.cf.ac.uk (Network News System) Organization: /usr/local/lib/rn/organisation References: <1993Apr28.085207.20635@email.tuwien.ac.at> Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1993 11:16:29 +0000 Lines: 13 In article <1993Apr28.085207.20635@email.tuwien.ac.at> mbirgmei@email.tuwien.ac.at (Martin BIRGMEIER) writes: >I needed this (even though srandom() might be better); gleaned it from >a SunOS manual page; derived the constants to use (those not described >in that man page) by writing a few test programs. It now seems to >output the same as the SunOS version. I tried to write it with Pity you didn't try archie because there's already an implementation of the rand48 family on the net which I pulled off about 6 months ago. -- Paul Richards, University of Wales, College Cardiff Internet: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk