Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2003 21:23:43 +0000 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> To: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rand() is broken Message-ID: <200302022123.h12LNhaX051805@grimreaper.grondar.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 02 Feb 2003 12:57:45 PST." <200302022057.PAA26422@tonnant.cnchost.com>
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Bakul Shah writes: > > Since you keep talking about random(), I must conclude you're > > knee-jerking, since we're not discussing that function. Please stay > > on-topic :-) > > Read through the thread. In particular see Mark's message > <200302021532.h12FWWaX047973@grimreaper.grondar.org> where he > says > > Good point. We can re-implement random() internally with arc4rand(). Quote it in context, please. That was random(9). KERNEL random(). However, the argument applies equally well to rand(3) and random(3). 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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