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.\" of any kind. I shall in no event be liable for anything that happens |
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.\" to anyone/anything when using this software. |
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.\" |
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.\" $OpenBSD: rand48.3,v 1.15 2014/09/08 01:27:54 schwarze Exp $ |
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.\" $OpenBSD: rand48.3,v 1.16 2014/11/25 17:26:34 millert Exp $ |
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.Dd $Mdocdate: September 8 2014 $ |
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.Dd $Mdocdate: November 25 2014 $ |
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.Dt RAND48 3 |
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.Sh NAME |
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.Ft void |
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.Fn lcong48 "unsigned short p[7]" |
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.Sh DESCRIPTION |
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.Bf -symbolic |
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This interface is not cryptographically secure, so consider using |
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.Xr arc4random 3 |
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instead. |
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.Ef |
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.Pp |
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The |
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.Fn rand48 |
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family of functions generates pseudo-random numbers using a linear |
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Note that all three methods of seeding the random number generator |
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always also set the multiplicand and addend for any of the six |
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generator calls. |
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.Pp |
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For a more powerful random number generator, see |
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.Xr arc4random 3 . |
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.Sh SEE ALSO |
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.Xr arc4random 3 , |
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.Xr rand 3 , |
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