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authorDaniel Friesel <derf@finalrewind.org>2018-10-17 20:40:17 +0200
committerDaniel Friesel <derf@finalrewind.org>2018-10-17 20:40:17 +0200
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Use random() instead of rand() to increase portability
Quoting glibc rand(3): The versions of rand() and srand() in the Linux C Library use the same random number generator as random(3) and srandom(3), so the lower-order bits should be as random as the higher-order bits. However, on older rand() implementations, and on current implementations on different systems, the lower-order bits are much less random than the higher-order bits. Do not use this function in applications intended to be portable when good randomness is needed. (Use random(3) instead.)
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