in reply to rand and srand across builds and platforms?

No: 
$ perl5.8.5 -le"srand(1); print rand for 1 .. 10"
0.0416303447718782
0.454492444728629
0.834817218166915
0.3359860301452
0.565489403566136
0.00176691239174431
0.18758951699996
0.990434079937664
0.750497133229519
0.366273638152734

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Update: Interestingly enough, my 32bit and 64bit HP-UX boxen produce the same output as above. Still, it's not the same as what you've got

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Re^2: rand and srand across builds and platforms?
by cog (Parson) on Mar 08, 2005 at 15:37 UTC
    This is what I get too, with perl 5.8.6.
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Re^2: rand and srand across builds and platforms?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 08, 2005 at 15:37 UTC

    Thanks. I thought it unlikely, but it would have simplified some testing if it was.

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