Re: random number generator

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From: Emmanuel Delahaye
Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 10:53

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In 'comp.lang.c', "lovens weche" <fw1803@videotron.ca> wrote:

> 1st number genereated: 2
> 2nd number generated: 6
> 3rd number generated: 2 (WRONG!!! bad "period" as they say I think)

If you don't like your built-in pseudo-random generator (srand() once, rand() 
many times), you can implement your own. Search "Mersenne Twister" on Google.

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From: Emmanuel Delahaye <emdelNOSPAM@noos.fr>
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Subject: Re: random number generator
Date: 1 Jun 2003 10:53:36 GMT
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