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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 13:39:58 +0200
From: Noam Rotem <nrotem AT johnbryce DOT co DOT il>
Organization: John Bryce Training Centre L.T.D
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Subject: Re: real random numbers
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:

> > Does somebody know how to take care of getting a different value each
> > time you run a program, no matter how often in a single second you start
> > it ?
>
> That target is absolutely impossible to reach, I think. Reason: time()
> counts seconds (in DJGPP), and is 32 bits wide. The srandom argument
> is also a 32 bit number.

Can we somehow use the value of IP register combined with the time element to
set a better seed and  unpredictable  sequences of random numbers?

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Noam Rotem