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Date:	Sun, 20 Mar 2005 19:35:54 +0100
From:	"Gerrit P. Haase" <gp AT familiehaase DOT de>
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To:	Alex Vinokur <alexvn AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: g++ & rand() in Cygwin
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Alex Vinokur wrote:
> ------ foo.cpp ------
> #include <cstdlib>
> #include <iostream>
> using namespace std;
> int main ()
> {
>   cout << rand() << endl;
>   cout << rand() << endl;
>   return 0;
> }
> ---------------------
> 
> 
> // g++ version 3.3.3 (cygwin special)
> 
> $ g++ foo.cpp
> 
> The program below generates the following output:
> -----------
> 0
> 1481765933
> -----------
> 
> First pseuso-random number is 0.
> 
> Is it by purpose?

I don't know.  I use MT for random number generation:

http://anfaenger.de/cygwin/MersenneTwister/


Gerrit
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