From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!ihnss!ihps3!pcl
Newsgroups: net.games.emp
Title: Re: add command
Article-I.D.: ihps3.226
Posted: Tue May 11 15:00:00 1982
Received: Wed May 12 01:38:20 1982

"In 4.1BSD, if you take the numbers from rand() mod 8, you end up with a
sequence of period eight..."

If I remember the details from my data structures class well enough,
one should NEVER take the output of a nrandom number generator MOD anything
(if you're trying to get random numbers, that is).  The least significant
bits are also the least random, and thus one should use DIV.

					Paul Lustgarten
					Bell Labs - Indian Hill