Re: Can erand48 really generate a 1.0?

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From: Fred Ma
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 09:38

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Ronald Bruck wrote:

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> In article <Pine.GSO.4.44.0303062136200.2838-100000@electron>, Rich
> Teer <rich.teer@rite-group.com> wrote:
>
> > On 7 Mar 2003, Shing-Fat Fred Ma wrote:
> >
> > > Just wondering if you could clarify the standard you're
> > > referring to.  Reason I ask is because I'm told that
> > > erand48 is not part of the C standard.  That's why I'm not
> > > posting to the C newsgroup.
> >
> > erand48 is specified by the SUSv1 through 3, and SVID3.
> >
> > --
> > Rich Teer
>
> Thank you for pointing this out.  A quick Google shows that SUS is the
> "Single UNIX specification", which is available online (or for download
> for personal use) at <http://www.unix.org>
>
> You learn something new every day.
>
> --Ron Bruck

Thanks, Ron.  The man page for erand48 is very concise.

Fred

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