Re: Can erand48 really generate a 1.0?

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From: Rich Teer
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 18:25

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On Sat, 8 Mar 2003, Fred Ma wrote:

> P.S.
> Seriously, if it's not standard C, who decides which source
> code is the authority?  Or is there just one defacto standard?

ISO C is not theonly (programming) standard.  The Single UNIX
Specification (SUS), POSIX, and System V INterface Definition
(SVID) are obvious ones that apply to UNIX programming.  The
function that is the subject of this thread has behaviour
defined by all versions of the SUS, and by the SVID.

So long as the implementation behaves as described in the
standards, it doesn't matter HOW it's implemented.

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