Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 19:49:31 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Myknees AT aol DOT com
cc: dj AT delorie DOT com, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Documentation [was Re: Random implementation]
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On Thu, 29 Jan 1998 Myknees AT aol DOT com wrote:

> > This function must be seeded before first calling it, e.g. by using
> > the function srand().

This is incorrect.  `rand' will work okay with no seed at all (it has
its default seed).  You only need to call `srand' in two types of
cases:

     - if you want the pseudo-random sequence to be different each
       time you run the program;

     - if you want to continue the sequence from the same place you
       ended it on some previous run.