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From: tainter@ihlpg.UUCP (Tainter)
Newsgroups: net.games
Subject: Re: Battleship source for Unix w/curses
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Date: Thu, 27-Mar-86 12:41:22 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 27 12:41:22 1986
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> That'll still have the same problem. getpid() will return the same pid
> each time the same user runs it, thus you would get the same seed for
> rand each time. Try srand(time()); instead.
> David C. Kovar    
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It will?!  Really?  Hay guys did you all know that UNIX always gives the same
process id to a program/user pair?  Gosh, amazing.
Seriously, IGNORE KOVAR'S ADVICE!!  He was obviously thinking of getuid().
--j.a.tainter
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