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Date:      Sun, 2 Feb 2003 16:11:29 -0800
From:      Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To:        Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>, Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com>, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: rand() is broken
Message-ID:  <20030203001129.GA73150@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20030202160227.B62390@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <200302022106.h12L6naX051530@grimreaper.grondar.org> <200302022159.QAA13933@wellington.cnchost.com> <20030202223725.GA72744@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20030202230900.GA19025@bell.maths.tcd.ie> <20030202160227.B62390@FreeBSD.org>

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On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 04:02:27PM -0800, Juli Mallett wrote:
> * De: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> [ Data: 2003-02-02 ]
> 	[ Subjecte: Re: rand() is broken ]
> > On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 02:37:25PM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote:
> > >  FreeBSD       Redhat       SunOS 
> > > 660787754    660787754    645318364
> > 
> > FWIW - AIX aggrees with Solaris.
> 
> Endiannes, or an SVR4 implementation difference?

The FreeBSD and SunOS man pages are very similar.
The FreeBSD man page provides much more detail.
Endianness may account for the difference.

My OSF/1 box burned its keyboard controller up,
so I can't check its random().

-- 
Steve

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