From: porkchop@invalid.foo   
      
   On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:25:59 +0100, David Brown wrote:   
      
   > It is not the compilers that are different, it is the C standard   
   > libraries that are different.  gcc is a compiler, not a library, but you   
   > are probably using glibc with it by default.  musl is a library, not a   
   > compiler.  There is no reason to suppose that different C standard   
   > libraries use the same implementation of rand()and srand(), so no reason   
   > to suppose they would give the same sequences - though each on their own   
   > will give a deterministic pseudo-random sequence based on their seeds.   
   >   
   > If you swap gcc with clang you will get the same results - it will   
   > depend on whether you are linking with glibc, musl, or another C library.   
      
   Sure enough & thank you David - I appreciate your explanation.   
      
   I see where my thinking was off now. You're 100% correct   
   (I'm still learning as you noticed).   
      
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