Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 14:26:00 +0300 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Final fix for 0 problem (was Re: rand() is broken) Message-ID: <20030203112559.GA77385@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <200302031119.h13BJHaX058897@grimreaper.grondar.org> References: <20030203110841.GA77187@nagual.pp.ru> <200302031119.h13BJHaX058897@grimreaper.grondar.org>
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On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 11:19:17 +0000, Mark Murray wrote: > > "simple test"? > > How long did you check for? See my another message with details. > random() is documented to not repeat before some number of outputs; > how do you know that this fix does not significantly shorten that? random(3) is not affected to to its hashing nature. We talk about rand(3). -- Andrey A. Chernov http://ache.pp.ru/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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