Mark Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >3) int random(void) which returns a number statistically > random in all bits. > >We have most of this, and RC4 can deliver. RC4's "licence" is >fine. Call it "ArCFour" and there is no problem. The code is >small, fast and repeatable, and meets conditions 1-4 above.
Note that POSIX 2001 states that random() uses a non-linear additive feedback random-number generator, and strongly implies that rand() uses the traditional brain-dead algorithm. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dotat.at/ SOLE LUNDY FASTNET: WEST VEERING NORTHWEST 6 OR 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8. RAIN OR SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
