From: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
Message-Id: <199811210114.CAA24788@father.ludd.luth.se>
Subject: More rand()
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com (DJGPP-WORKERS)
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 02:14:24 +0100 (MET)
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While we are discussing rand(), may I ask if there's any interest in
adding the slew of *rand48() functions?

For those who don't know what those are, they are based on the formula
X(n+1) = (aX(n) + c) mod (2^48), where n >= 0, with the possibility to
change a and c and last but not least ~half of them take the (pseudo-)
random state as a parameter thus enabling the possibility of 
(hopefully) independent random numbers.


Barclay James Harvest, Mocking Bird,

							MartinS