Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 13:59:40 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: I plan to change random() for -current (was Re: rand() and random()) Message-ID: <9610081759.AA14627@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199610081742.KAA16537@phaeton.artisoft.com> References: <3071.844755254@critter.tfs.com> <199610081742.KAA16537@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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<<On Tue, 8 Oct 1996 10:42:49 -0700 (MST), Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> said: >> Nobody needing serious random numbers uses rand(). > What about the multicast routing draft, which uses the function for > its hash, and therefore expects it to be implemented identically > across all platforms? It's broken and will be fixed in the next version of that document. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick
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