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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?   
      
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   :wq   
   Mike Sanders   
      
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