Re^2: rand and srand across builds and platforms?

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Is OSX POSIX(-complient?)

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Re^3: rand and srand across builds and platforms? by Fletch (Bishop) on Mar 08, 2005 at 18:06 UTC
OS X is basically Mach with a FreeBSD userland, so pretty much so yes.	[reply]
Re^4: rand and srand across builds and platforms? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 08, 2005 at 18:10 UTC
Which as you are getting different values from those on Linux builds scotches the "compatible across POSIX platforms" idea. Examine what is said, not who speaks. Silence betokens consent. Love the truth but pardon error.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: rand and srand across builds and platforms? by Fletch (Bishop) on Mar 08, 2005 at 19:45 UTC
Yeah, looks to be. On a whim I checked on an x86 FreeBSD 5 box and got the same numbers I got on OS X. So it looks to be definitely tied to the `libc` underneath. You might could get by with stubbing out a hash of the n values you're expecting for different values of `$^X` . . . .	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: rand and srand across builds and platforms? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 08, 2005 at 20:00 UTC

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