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Ivana Varekova 2007-02-15 09:23:12 +00:00
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--- man-pages-2.43/man3/rand.3.pom 2007-02-15 09:53:56.000000000 +0100
+++ man-pages-2.43/man3/rand.3 2007-02-15 10:08:45.000000000 +0100
@@ -101,6 +101,16 @@
The versions of \fBrand\fP() and \fBsrand\fP() in the Linux C Library use
the same random number generator as \fBrandom\fP() and \fBsrandom\fP(), so
the lower-order bits should be as random as the higher-order bits.
+.PP
+Most modern
+.BR rand()
+functions, including the one provided on Linux systems,
+do not suffer from this problem, so using expressions like
+.RS
+rand() % 10
+.RE
+works fine.
+.PP
However, on older
.BR rand ()
implementations, and on current implementations on different systems,