From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Random implementation
Date:	Thu, 29 Jan 1998 23:43:44 -0500
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Myknees wrote:
> 
> You are just seeing me trying out new things.  Is pc.h (getkey()) more portable
> than bios.h?

Not really, but you're probably more likely to find it on another DOS
compiler.  :-)  getch() is even more portable; nearly every DOS compiler
has a conio.h.  All forms of non-stdio interface are non-ANSI, however,
so you won't find any of those on a non-DOS compiler.  Feel free to use
whatever you want, of course, but your program is easier for others to
undertand if you use quasi-"standard" functions.  :-)

> Fair enough, but cross references are an easy enough shortcut if there isn't
> time for explanation.  And mentioning that rand() must be seeded hardly
> constitutes a tutorial.

You are absolutely right.  I'll check the docs before v2.02 is released
to be sure these made it in there.

> 
> --Ed (Myknees)
> 
> Here's how I see what you were talking about:

That's right.  Since the granularity of time() is usually one second,
any code that iterates more frequently than that will generate the
"same" random numbers.  :-)

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