Hi, what time() ^ $$ means?

[Erik W]

Hi gurus,

I have a dumb question, 
when I read the book, I saw they generate and seed by 
using 

time() ^ $$

What ^ and $$ mean here?

^   bit xor?
$$  logic and?

Thanks in advance!


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