home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   comp.lang.c      Meh, in C you gotta define EVERYTHING      243,242 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 242,533 of 243,242   
   Michael Sanders to John McCue   
   Re: srand(0)   
   23 Dec 25 07:25:42   
   
   From: porkchop@invalid.foo   
      
   On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:39:49 -0000 (UTC), John McCue wrote:   
      
   > I like to just read /dev/urandom when I need a random   
   > number.  Seem easier and more portable across Linux &   
   > the *BSDs.   
   >   
   > int s;   
   > read(fd, &s, sizeof(int));   
      
   Thanks John. Wish there was such a 'device' under Windows...   
      
   --   
   :wq   
   Mike Sanders   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca