From:	Charles Krug <charles AT pentek DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Random numbers again...
Date:	Wed, 15 Oct 1997 09:11:13 -0400
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amit wrote:

> one comment : using only hundreds of seconds as seed in many cases might
> not be good enough - if you run your program more than 100 times you'r
> bound
> to have (at least) two identical runs.

I suggest you get "Numerical Recipies in C" from your library (or buy it, its
worth having if you do any numerical computing).  There is a discussion of
various forms of RNGs, standards for judging, creating one w/ a long period
(2^32, under djgpp) and various forms.

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Charles Krug, Jr.
Application Engineer
Pentek Corp
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Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458

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