Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 12:39:20 -0700 From: Josh MacDonald <jmacd@CS.Berkeley.EDU> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I plan to change random() for -current (was Re: rand() and random()) Message-ID: <199610081939.MAA20041@paris.CS.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 08 Oct 1996 11:45:34 PDT." <199610081845.LAA16678@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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> > > But I'm also tired of Terry blowing things WAY out of proportion. > > > > > > Nobody has even thought about tinkering with rand48. > > > > > > Nobody needing serious random numbers uses rand(). > > > > So now that we've all agreed that serious users of random numbers don't > > use the system's rand(), can we all agree that for non-serious users > > who just want a little randomness for playing a game or disolving an > > image could use a better rand() function so that their programs don't > > suck on FreeBSD? > > For instance, they could use the better rand() function rand48 instead. paris-~ % uname -a SunOS paris.CS. 4.1.3 6 sun4c paris-~ % cat test.c int main() { rand48(); } paris-~ % gcc test.c collect2: ld returned 2 exit status ld: Undefined symbol _rand48 paris-~ % FALSE. -josh
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