Re: BSD's random.c dicey on the Alpha

2000-11-23 Thread Mark Murray 

  Anyone want to have a look at this?  It's from the GNU awk maintainer.
 
 Without knowing which random.c it was, it's hard to judge :-) Also not
 knowing what the intended use is, it's hard to recommend something.

I'd guess src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.c

I'll bury it in my TODO.

M
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BSD's random.c dicey on the Alpha

2000-11-22 Thread Sheldon Hearn 


Hi folks,

Anyone want to have a look at this?  It's from the GNU awk maintainer.

Ciao,
Sheldon.

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Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 11:59:10 +0200
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Hi.  I've switched to the new random.c you sent me for gawk.  My
Linux/Alpha Guru reports that the code in it assumes that sizeof(long)
is always 4, and one particular test doesn't "look" very random on
the Alpha.

My question is, is there a better version of random that can deal
with both 32 and 64 bit systems in the same source code?  Would
the NetBSD people maybe have such a thing?

Thanks,

Arnold
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Re: BSD's random.c dicey on the Alpha

2000-11-22 Thread Kris Kennaway 

On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 03:18:27PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
 
 Hi folks,
 
 Anyone want to have a look at this?  It's from the GNU awk maintainer.

Without knowing which random.c it was, it's hard to judge :-) Also not
knowing what the intended use is, it's hard to recommend something.

Kris

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