Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/3/85; site ukecc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ukma!ukecc!edward From: edward@ukecc.UUCP (Edward C. Bennett) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Is there a UNIX SVR2 random/srandom equivalent? Message-ID: <156@ukecc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 09:21:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ukecc.156 Posted: Thu Jul 11 09:21:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 08:30:38 EDT References: <1244@hound.UUCP> <11392@brl-tgr.ARPA> <2399@sun.uucp> Organization: Univ. of Ky. Engineering Computing Center Lines: 23 In article <2399@sun.uucp>, guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris) writes: > > > Does anyone know what I should use in place of random and srandom? > > > > Lesson # 3. Using the manual: > > Using the System V manual isn't sufficient; you need the 4.2BSD manual to > tell you what "random" does in the first place. The guy may not have a > 4.2BSD manual, in which case telling him to "use the manual" doesn't help > much. > In particular, while BSD and sysV RNGs both return ints, you must pay attention to what an int is. On a local VAX 11/750 an int is 4 bytes. On our 3B20S an int is 2 bytes. Usually this won't make any difference, but every now and then you'll probably find a program where it does. -- Edward C. Bennett UUCP: ihnp4!cbosgd!ukma!ukecc!edward /* A charter member of the Scooter bunch */