From: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
Message-Id: <199811162002.VAA22012@father.ludd.luth.se>
Subject: Re: src/libc/ansi/stdlib/rand.c
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com (DJGPP-WORKERS)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 21:02:06 +0100 (MET)
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First my opinion: stick with the standard.

Second my (potential) improvement: you say the seed is only 32 bits
and the state is 64. How about using seed&(((long long)seed)<<32) or
some other interesting combination to get a 64 bit seed? I do not know
the effect on the pseudo-randomness this has. Perhaps K. B. can
advice?


Peter Gabriel, IV,

							MartinS