Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 00:25:01 +0000 From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: DougB@FreeBSD.org Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rand() is broken Message-ID: <E18fUQ1-0007Bt-00@chiark.greenend.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20030202131437.V79739@12-234-22-23.pyvrag.nggov.pbz> References: <200302022006.PAA25355@valiant.cnchost.com> <200302022006.PAA25355@valiant.cnchost.com>
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Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > >I can think of one significant benefit... I had noticed that my perl >script to pick random windowmaker themes (which uses rand()) seemed to be >picking the same themes over and over again. That's a bug in perl's compile-time configuration. It can be told to use something better. See PR 25794. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <dot@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ LANDS END TO ST DAVIDS HEAD INCLUDING THE BRISTOL CHANNEL: WEST 6 TO GALE 8. EASING WEST 5 OR 6 MONDAY MORNING. WEST OR NORTHWEST 6 OR 7 AGAIN LATER. RAIN OR SHOWERS, MAINLY FAIR PERHAPS MORE ISOLATED SHOWERS MONDAY. MAINLY GOOD. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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