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Date: | Tue, 25 Feb 1997 16:52:51 +0200 (IST) |
From: | Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> |
To: | Cesar Scarpini Rabak <csrabak AT dce03 DOT ipt DOT br> |
cc: | fighteer AT cs DOT com, djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
Subject: | Re: Error?? |
In-Reply-To: | <1.5.4.16.19970225095618.296ffd00@dmeasc.rc.ipt.br> |
Message-ID: | <Pine.SUN.3.91.970225165156.7750C-100000@is> |
MIME-Version: | 1.0 |
On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, Cesar Scarpini Rabak wrote: > >roll = random() % 6 + 1 + random() % 6 + 1 + random() % 6 + 1; > > > > BTW^2, it is also a poor practice to use just the modulo operator in the > return values from random, as the lower bits of the pseudo random number > have less "randomness". That is correct for `rand', but `random' is documented to return all of its bits random.
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