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Re^3: What is the truth about srand()?by doc_faustroll (Scribe) |
on Mar 29, 2006 at 15:59 UTC ( [id://539991]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
My knowledge is creaky and old, and my typing is worse!
So, I'm glad someone is awake with a sense of humor around here. I need good slap down. How about this: calling srand without an expression causes it to use a default which my be /dev/urandom in a best case. But you usually don't want to explicitly call srand unless you are going to supply your own seed EXPR. let rand do it for you! update: I'm going to crawl back into my cubicle like bed and come back when I can actually read your question and respond more thoughtfully. You are obviously using rand and were just wondering what the seed was. on *nix, it will most likely be /dev/urandom. But if a security guy is asking and you need crypto level randomness then my over obvious post might have some mete of merit.
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