site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com --Amanda _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... On Nov 25, 2009, at 1:40 PM, Derek Gaston wrote: Heh - I knew this would come up. The issue is that we need to be able to reliably _regenerate_ different random numbers over and over.... but on a grand scale. Then you should use your own PRNG with the statistical properties you need. srand() and rand() come with very few guarantees. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com