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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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@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
lcgstate.a = 1093;
lcgstate.c = 221587;
lcgstate.m = 1048576;
set_seed_from_time();
set_seed((long)time(NULL));
/* Read the database if we have not yet done so */