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Date:      Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:42:46 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
To:        kris@FreeBSD.ORG (Kris Kennaway)
Cc:        tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert), n@nectar.com (Jacques A. Vidrine), arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: rand(3) (was Re: cvs commit: ports/astro/xglobe/files patch-random)
Message-ID:  <200102271942.MAA29005@usr05.primenet.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010226231515.B94159@citusc17.usc.edu> from "Kris Kennaway" at Feb 26, 2001 11:15:15 PM

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> Okay, now I'm annoyed.  I just looked at glibc, and it already does
> what is being discussed here, namely aliasing rand() to random()
> (which appears to be the same algorithm we use for random()).  There
> goes your "pseudo-standardization" argument out the window, which
> means you obviously hadn't checked your facts and were just describing
> the state of your internal fantasy universe.  Thanks for wasting
> everyone's time with this silly thread.

Check your history.  Linux made the same mistake you are proposing
to make.  The advent of glibc is relatively recent.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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