From: Charles Krug Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Random numbers again... Date: 23 Oct 1997 07:05:02 GMT Lines: 20 Message-ID: <62msuu$rc0$1o@195.26.68.19> References: <343A8B8D DOT 4EA07EA2 AT provider DOT com DOT br> <3444650F DOT C84 AT iil DOT intel DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.26.68.19 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk amit wrote: > one comment : using only hundreds of seconds as seed in many cases might > not be good enough - if you run your program more than 100 times you'r > bound > to have (at least) two identical runs. I suggest you get "Numerical Recipies in C" from your library (or buy it, its worth having if you do any numerical computing). There is a discussion of various forms of RNGs, standards for judging, creating one w/ a long period (2^32, under djgpp) and various forms. -- Charles Krug, Jr. Application Engineer Pentek Corp 1 Park Way Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458