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Date: | Mon, 26 Sep 94 10:39:47 EDT |
From: | peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu (Bob Babcock) |
To: | djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu |
Subject: | Re: Problem with rand() (fwd) |
Reply-To: | babcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu |
> The book "Numerical Recipies" and its counterpart "Numerical Recipies in C" > published by the Cambridge University Press go to great length describing > random number generators. They emphasize that system supplied random number > generators should be used with great caution. Make sure you get the 2nd edition. The first edition has a generator with a rather short period.
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