From:	"Michael Stewart" <mike AT reggin DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject:	Re: how about "more" random ?
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Simon De Deyne wrote in message <7np18t$nj5$1 AT trex DOT antw DOT online DOT be>...
>Thanks for the answer! I did consider this way, but then,
>i also noticed that the seeding with the time function  (srand) isn't
>as random as when i used the other random function.
>Would there be a way to get more random numbers anyway?


I've never really looked into it, rand() has been more than adequate for my
needs so far.
You could of course write your own routine :-) There is plenty of code for
random number generators on the net (have a look in Bob Stouts Snippets).

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