Re: Memory Leak Problem

e p chandler wrote:
(snip of many good suggestions)

5. seed=aint(harvest*2.0e0**31) Why not the simpler 2**31?

Because 2**31 will overflow on many machines.

2.**31 should not overflow, and should be done using a
fairly efficient set of squaring and multiplication
by 2.0.

(snip of more good suggestions)

-- glen

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