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From: Michael Meissner <meissner AT cygnus DOT com>
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Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 15:47:30 -0400
To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
Cc: saurabhd AT andrew DOT cmu DOT edu, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: Random no. problem
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In-Reply-To: <200007051832.OAA21046@envy.delorie.com>; from DJ Delorie on Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 02:32:24PM -0400

On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 02:32:24PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > Is there a way i can get the same random numbers on Windows NT 4 and
> > Sun/SGI ?
> 
> You can write your own random number generator, and use it instead of
> the system's generator.  Otherwise, there is *no* standard for random
> number generators.

Actually the ISO C standard mandates the algorithm for the weaker 'rand' and
'srand' functions.  'random' on the other hand is not specified (though most
UNIX type environments use the BSD functions in toto).

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