in reply to Re: Best random number
in thread Best random number

Hi,

I agree with Math::TrulyRandom, but since the generation might take a long time, it is best to use this only as a seed generator, and use rand which is pretty reliable.
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Dr. Mark Ceulemans
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IT Masters, Belgium

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Re: Re: Re: Best random number
by no_slogan (Deacon) on Dec 19, 2002 at 18:11 UTC
    use this only as a seed generator, and use rand

    The random seed set by srand is usually 32 bits. If you put 32 bits of randomness in, you cannot expect more than 32 bits of randomness out. Someone might be able to predict the rest of the sequence. That might be good enough, and it might not.

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