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Re: draft random-number-generator API


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.

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