Re: rand and srand across builds and platforms?

I get the same results as davis (perl 5.6.1 on Red Hat Linux 8):

$ perl -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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Re^2: rand and srand across builds and platforms? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 08, 2005 at 15:45 UTC
Interesting. Maybe it comes down to the rand() function provided by the C-libraries? Would that be consistant across different GCC installs? Examine what is said, not who speaks. Silence betokens consent. Love the truth but pardon error.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: rand and srand across builds and platforms? by JediWizard (Deacon) on Mar 08, 2005 at 15:49 UTC
That sounds likely, though I can neither confirm nor deny, given that I have little to no understanding of the underlying algrothim used to generate random numbers. A truely compassionate attitude towards other does not change, even if they behave negatively or hurt you —His Holiness, The Dalai Lama	[reply]
Re^3: rand and srand across builds and platforms? by Fletch (Bishop) on Mar 08, 2005 at 15:51 UTC
Consistent across 5.8.0 on RH9 (glibc-2.3.2-27.9.7) and 5.6.1 on RHEL 2.1 WS (glibc-2.2.4-31.7) (i.e. I get the same sequence as above).	[reply]