Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/06/04/02:42:54
On 3 Jun 1997, George Foot wrote:
> Apparently, random() is a `more' random
> generator than rand(); presumably the reason the portable rand() function
> uses a worse generator is that the algorithm is specified in the standard,
> although I really don't know (does anyone?).
I think at least part of the reason for what `rand' does is that good
random generators are notoriously hard to invent, and those which
exist aren't always free. DJGPP's libc needs to be totally free.
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