Re: How to make a random number
On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 07:44:35PM -0500, Oleg Krivosheev wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, John Galt wrote:
>
> >
> > #include <time.h>
> > #include <stdlib.h>
> >
> > int main ()
> > {
> > srand (time (0));
> > /* rest of program would be here */
> > }
> >
> > This is the way they teach it in Deitel & Deitel...
>
> no idea who D&D are but the best way IMO
> is to feed srand off /dev/urandom
Depends on what you want. For most thing, secure randomness isn't
nessecary, so the entropy buffers should be saved for when it is
neccesary. /dev/urandom is also a Linux phonemon, and kills portability
if used indiscrimitiely.
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David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org
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the hell that is sometimes seen in here.
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