Multiple random number generators (was Re: RFC 208 (v2) crypt() default salt)

2000-09-17 Thread Chaim Frenkel
"BL" == Bart Lateur [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: BL Therefore, crypt() should have it's own pseudo-random generator. A BL simple task, really: same code, but a different seed variable. Should rand be extended to be able to support multiple random number generators? =item srand EXPR, RANDGEN_REF

Re: Multiple random number generators (was Re: RFC 208 (v2) crypt() default salt)

2000-09-17 Thread Bart Lateur
On 16 Sep 2000 22:40:24 -0400, Chaim Frenkel wrote: BL Therefore, crypt() should have it's own pseudo-random generator. A BL simple task, really: same code, but a different seed variable. Should rand be extended to be able to support multiple random number generators? Not just srand().