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From: andreess@mrlaxs.mrl.uiuc.edu (Marc Andreessen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: drand48()
Keywords: BUG, work as designed
Message-ID: <1991May8.233125.238@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 8 May 91 23:31:25 GMT
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In article <189@shasta.Stanford.EDU> jackk@shasta.Stanford.EDU (jackk) writes:
>Please read the manual pages for this function. The SUN manual says
>quite clearly:
>
>srand48(), seed48(), and lcong48() are initialization  entry
>     points,  one  of  which  should  be  invoked  before  either
>              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>     drand48(), lrand48(), or mrand48() is called.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Nope, not the case.  Quoting from the AIX docs:

  (Although it is not recommended practice,
  constant default initializer values are supplied automatically if
  the drand48, lrand48 or mrand48 subroutines are called without
  first calling an initialization subroutine.)

Marc

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