On 3/16/07, Chas Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip
If you need a better pseudo-random number than rand can provide and you are using Linux (or possibly other unix like operating systems) you can read from /dev/urandom
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I should have hit CPAN first. The Crypt::Random* module provides a better interface to /dev/random and /dev/urandom. It also has the ability to generate good random numbers on systems that don't have them. * http://search.cpan.org/~vipul/Crypt-Random-1.25/lib/Crypt/Random.pm -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
