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Once again, take srand()/random() out of the initialization chain.

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They have exactly the wrong kind of randomness for this job - not
returning consistent sequences across different platforms or C library
versions, and because pseodorandom not really better than sampling
the clock.
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Eric S. Raymond 2017-05-24 23:36:25 -04:00
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@ -72,6 +72,6 @@ extern long fIABS(long);
#define IABS(N) fIABS(N)
extern long fMOD(long,long);
#define MOD(N,M) fMOD(N,M)
extern void set_seed_from_time(void);
extern void set_seed(long);
extern unsigned long get_next_lcg_value(void);
extern long randrange(long);