Date: Mon, 26 Sep 94 10:39:47 EDT
From: peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu (Bob Babcock)
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: Problem with rand() (fwd)
Reply-To: babcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu

> The book "Numerical Recipies" and its counterpart "Numerical Recipies in C" 
> published by the Cambridge University Press go to great length describing 
> random number generators.  They emphasize that system supplied random number 
> generators should be used with great caution.

Make sure you get the 2nd edition.  The first edition has a generator with a
rather short period.