Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!JRCooper@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA, JRCooper@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA (John) From: JRCooper@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA, JRCooper@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA (John) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Generating a random number Message-ID: <6327@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 15:37:33 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.6327 Posted: Tue Dec 4 15:37:33 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Dec-84 06:47:56 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 6 I am in need of a workable function that will generate a random number for me. The only restriction (and this is a tight one, I'll admit) is that it be portable (i.e. it can't make any system callsNo system clock is available. Thanks. ]ohn [ooper