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- From: grantp@usa.pipeline.com(Pete)
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- Subject: Re: random number in C++
- Date: 1 Feb 1996 00:18:24 GMT
- Organization: Kalevi, Inc.
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- On Jan 31, 1996 14:47:15 in article <random number in C++>,
- 'babucher@mtu.edu (Brian A. Bucher)' wrote:
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- >
- >Is there _ANY_ way to get a truly random number in a C++ program?
- >rand and srand do not generate random numbers, they generate
- >pseudo-random numbers, which is what I don't need.
- >
- No one has ever been able to produce a true random number
- generator on a computer -- in any language.
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- --
- Pete Grant
- Kalevi, Inc.
- Object Oriented Software Development
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