to get back to my original question I'm not just doing this:

int tmp = (arc4random()%10)+1;

while (tmp == activeTarget) {

  tmp = (arc4random()%10)+1;

}

activeTarget = tmp;



On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Michael Ash <michael....@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Jean-Daniel Dupas
> <devli...@shadowlab.org> wrote:
> > reading /dev/random is currently the best way to generate random number
> on
> > OS X.
> >
> > http://lists.apple.com/archives/apple-cdsa/2009/Mar/msg00077.html
>
> Careful with these blanket pronouncements. The best way depends on
> your goals, as is almost always the case in programming. For example,
> /dev/random really stinks if you want a repeatable sequence, and is a
> poor choice if you value speed over the quality of the random numbers.
>
> Mike
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