From: bd733 AT rgfn DOT epcc DOT edu (Jason M. Daniels)
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Subject: Re: Random numbers/George
Date: 3 Jun 1997 21:19:36 GMT
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Alan Wilson (awilson AT wilshire DOT com) wrote:
> >: 	srand(time(NULL));
> >
> >This will seed the rand() generator; to seed the random() generator,
> >replace `srand' with `srandom'.

> But will it give TRUE random Numbers????

No, of course not; there is no such thing as a truly random number. But 
this is certainly better than not seeding at all.

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