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|    Michael Sanders to Janis Papanagnou    |
|    Re: srand(0)    |
|    23 Dec 25 07:24:34    |
      From: porkchop@invalid.foo              On Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:18:19 +0100, Janis Papanagnou wrote:              > There's number sequence generators that produce 0 sequences if seeded       > with 0. And maybe the comment in 'man 3 rand', "If no seed value is       > provided, the rand() function is automatically seeded with a value       > of 1.", may have fostered his doubt.              Janis - naive question for you...              How do I bring up *posix only* man pages using 3?              I see no difference when invoking any of:              man 3 srand       or: man 3 posix srand       or: man posix 3 srand              What I'm doing wrong here?              --       :wq       Mike Sanders              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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