From: Damian Yerrick <MYNAMEISd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comNO2CANNEDHAM>
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Subject: Re: Allegro and random numbers.
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On Wed, 9 Feb 2000 09:14:15 +0200 (IST), Eli Zaretskii
<eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

>For comparison, `rand' has a period of at least 2^31, and `random' has 
>much larger period.

But will these PRNGs have the same sequence on all platforms? I need
to play a game (a Tetris(R) clone perhaps) on Linux (using curses or
Allegro if it matters), record user input, recompile in DJGPP, play
back the user input, and keep the system in sync.

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