From: already5chosen@yahoo.com   
      
   On Wed, 07 Jan 2026 07:46:40 -0800   
   Tim Rentsch  wrote:   
      
   > Michael S  writes:   
   >   
   > [regarding rand() and srand()]   
   >   
   > > Pay attention that C Standard only requires for the same seed to   
   > > always produces the same sequence.  There is no requirement that   
   > > different seeds have to produce different sequences.   
   > > So, for generator in your example, implementation like below would   
   > > be fully legal.  Personally, I wouldn't even consider it as   
   > > particularly poor quality:   
   > >   
   > > void srand(unsigned seed ) { init = seed | 1;}   
   >   
   > It seems better to do, for example,   
   >   
   >   void srand(unsigned seed ) { init = seed - !seed;}   
   >   
      
   Yes, it is better.   
      
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