Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 15:18:27 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: BSD's random.c dicey on the Alpha Message-ID: <37270.974899107@axl.fw.uunet.co.za>
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Hi folks, Anyone want to have a look at this? It's from the GNU awk maintainer. Ciao, Sheldon. ------- Forwarded Message From: Aharon Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 11:59:10 +0200 Message-ID: <974887150.75c0d57f@skeeve.com> To: sheldonh@uunet.co.za Subject: BSD random for Alpha? Cc: bostic@bostic.com, michal@phys.ualberta.ca Hi. I've switched to the new random.c you sent me for gawk. My Linux/Alpha Guru reports that the code in it assumes that sizeof(long) is always 4, and one particular test doesn't "look" very random on the Alpha. My question is, is there a better version of random that can deal with both 32 and 64 bit systems in the same source code? Would the NetBSD people maybe have such a thing? Thanks, Arnold - -- Aharon (Arnold) Robbins --- Pioneer Consulting Ltd. arnold@skeeve.com P.O. Box 354 Home Phone: +972 8 979-0381 Fax: +1 603 761-6761 Nof Ayalon Cell Phone: +972 51 297-545 (See www.efax.com) D.N. Shimshon 99785 Laundry increases exponentially in the ISRAEL number of children. -- Miriam Robbins ------- End of Forwarded Message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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