[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On my unix (Solaris 2.5.1, 2.7, 2.8)/linux boxes perl 5.005
> 'works', 5.6 and above doesn't (various DOS's 4.0.1.8 on work
> (4.0.1.6 doesn't) - except for one old Suse linux on 5.005 which
> doesn't) - it must be some oddness w/ rand.
It depends on the setting of randbits in the configuration.
Try this:
perl -MConfig -le "print $Config{randbits}"
(use single quotes on non-Windows platforms, of course).
The perls that give lots of 0's will have randbits set
to 15.
--
Keith C. Ivey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Washington, DC
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