Re: BSD random for Alpha?

2000-12-14 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 09:23:48AM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: > >Hi. I've switched to the new random.c you sent me for gawk. My > >Linux/Alpha Guru reports that the code in it assumes that sizeof(long) > >is always 4, and one particular test doesn't "look" very random on > >the Alpha. > > > >My

Re: BSD random for Alpha?

2000-12-03 Thread Peter Jeremy
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: BSD random for Alpha? >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Hi. I've switched to the new random.c you sent me for gawk. My >Linux/Alpha Guru reports that the code in it assumes that sizeof(long)