Re: random integer

CBFalconer said:

osmium wrote:
"Gene" writes:

But note that standard rand() is a very bad random number
generator.

There is no such thing as a standard rand(); something that does
not exist can not be either good or bad. Each vendor is allowed
to include whatever he thinks appropriate to the library that goes
with his compiler.

Er - See N869:

....which merely specifies the interface, not the implementation. It
*suggests* an implementation but does not mandate it.

There is no such thing as a standard rand().

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