From: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Srandom()
Date: 29 Mar 1998 07:44:33 GMT
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How quickly does srandom() in DJGPP's libc execute? Would an added
srandom() before every random() in a program that uses random()
extensively cause a noticeable slowdown? Reason I ask is because something
like that might be necessary to make a threadsafe random number generator
class so that each random number generator instance can be seeded
independently and give consistent results.



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