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Re: draft random-number-generator API
- To: Zack Weinberg <zack@rabi.phys.columbia.edu>
- Subject: Re: draft random-number-generator API
- From: Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour@cygnus.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 11:40:30 +0100
- CC: libc-hacker@cygnus.com
- Organization: Cygnus Solutions Ltd.
- References: <199809040410.AAA00461@rabi.phys.columbia.edu>
Zack Weinberg wrote:
> RNG_POSIX /* POSIX specified algorithm - don't use */
Neither POSIX nor ISO C specify an algorithm, surely? The most there is (I
thought) is an example in ISO C 7.10.2.2. All the standards say is that it
must be repeatable.
Jonathan L.
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