Re: random number generator

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From: Pete Becker
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Emmanuel Delahaye wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 

Won't help. A random number generator that doesn't repeat values isn't
random.

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Pete Becker
Dinkumware, Ltd. (http://www.dinkumware.com)

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From: Pete Becker <petebecker@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: random number generator
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