Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 11:19:17 +0000 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> To: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Final fix for 0 problem (was Re: rand() is broken) Message-ID: <200302031119.h13BJHaX058897@grimreaper.grondar.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 Feb 2003 14:08:41 %2B0300." <20030203110841.GA77187@nagual.pp.ru>
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"Andrey A. Chernov" writes: > On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 10:55:42 +0000, Mark Murray wrote: > > > > How do you _know_ that your newly chosen magic number isn't going to cause > > some kind of recurring (and too-short) sequence of numbers? > > I run simple test for it, it is not too short. "simple test"? How long did you check for? random() is documented to not repeat before some number of outputs; how do you know that this fix does not significantly shorten that? M -- Mark Murray iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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