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From: darrylo@hpnmdla.HP.COM (Darryl Okahata)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: random numbers?
Message-ID: <8310022@hpnmdla.HP.COM>
Date: 14 Feb 91 03:11:36 GMT
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Organization: HP Network Measurements Div, Santa Rosa, CA
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In comp.lang.perl, tkacik@kyzyl.mi.org (Tom Tkacik) writes:

> Would it be difficult to put into the Config script, a check to see if
> either random(BSD) or lrand48(SYSV) exist, and to allow Perl to use them?
> Both of these are supposed to be much better random number
> generators than rand().

     A better solution would be to grab the BSD random()/srandom()
routines from nethack, and use those.  That way, you don't have to worry
about random number generator differences between various machines.

     -- Darryl Okahata
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