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Date:      Wed, 28 Feb 2001 07:36:46 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
To:        drosih@rpi.edu (Garance A Drosihn)
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: rand(3): enough already!
Message-ID:  <200102280736.AAA19304@usr05.primenet.com>
In-Reply-To: <p05010408b6c1c0453bd0@[128.113.24.47]> from "Garance A Drosihn" at Feb 27, 2001 04:50:40 PM

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A bit of a stretch, but...

Could we just teach people to type "rand()" when they wanted
"rand()", and "random()" when they wanted "random()"?

I know, I know, this is like expecting people to type something
other than "read()" when they want to output data; still, it
might be worth considering.

"Oh dear, my parcheesi program which uses "read()" to do output
on Linux isn't working on FreeBSD!  Let's fix libc!".


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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