Re: [Mingw-users] RAND_MAX Problem (Why is it only 16-bit?)

[Daniel J. F. <bas...@gm...>]

Everybody, thanks for all the help. I'm talking it over with my research 
advisor and we're seeing what we can do about replacing our random 
number generators.

Daniel John FitzGerald wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to find a POSIX-compatible IDE to migrate my research lab
> away from Borland C++. We found Bloodshed's "Dev C++" with MinGW.
> However, we've found a problem with RAND_MAX being set to only generate
> up to a 16-bit number.
>
> We tried redifining RAND_MAX to be 32-bit, and it compiled fine.
> However, we still can't get any rand() values > 32k. Is there any way to
> fix this problem?
>
> I'm posting the question to this mailing list rather than the Dev C++
> mailing list, because Dev C++ is using MinGW. However, could this be a
> problem limited to Dev C++ or does it crop up in MinGW in general?
>


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