> even if the pool is low - but by reading only 4 bytes from > random, I have never encountered a delay. [...] > Is there a similar/good solution in Windows?
CoCreateGUID http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms688568.aspx generates exactly 4 bytes. I use it a lot. Otherwise you can go down the CryptoAPI route: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa380256.aspx It's got good COM (CAPICOM) and .NET wrappers (several namespaces in the standard .NET library). -- Stef ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
