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i considered using seconds since the epoch, that may be good enough.

ummmm, by the way, is rand() still the way to go?  in the end i'm going
to want a random real between zero and one inclusive.   [0,1] as
the mathematicians say.

anyway, to seed rand() you need an unsigned int.  all i really want
is "not readily predictable" garbage.  seems like i heard of someone
just reading something out of the kernel, maybe the process table?

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Head of Sun Support, Sr. Operating Systems Specialist
Applied Research Labs, Computer Science Div.                   S224
University of Texas at Austin

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>i considered using seconds since the epoch, that may be good enough.

>ummmm, by the way, is rand() still the way to go?  in the end i'm going
>to want a random real between zero and one inclusive.   [0,1] as
>the mathematicians say.

>anyway, to seed rand() you need an unsigned int.  all i really want
>is "not readily predictable" garbage.  seems like i heard of someone
>just reading something out of the kernel, maybe the process table?

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Chris Thompson
Email: cet1 [at] cam.ac.uk

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>--
>Chris Thompson
>Email: cet1 [at] cam.ac.uk