perl -e 'srand(0); print int(rand(99)) for 0 .. 9' #### use strict; use warnings; use Inline C => <<'EOC'; SV * max_rand() { return newSViv(RAND_MAX); } void my_srand(int seed) { srand(seed); } SV * my_int_rand(IV limit) { return newSViv(rand() * limit / RAND_MAX); } SV * my_float_rand(IV limit) { return newSVnv((NV)rand() * limit / RAND_MAX); } EOC print "RAND_MAX is: ",max_rand(), "\n"; my_srand(0); print my_int_rand(99) for 0 .. 9; #print int(my_float_rand(99)) for 0 .. 9;