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