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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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