RE: [Dev-C++] rand()

[Abhijit S. <mu...@gm...>]

Greets, Per.

> Note that rand()%x is not a good way of generating truly random numbers.
> The pseudo-random numbers generated by most implementations of rand() have
> bad randomness of the low bits.

On Unix, you can use /dev/rand, which generates random bytes based on user
action. But in case the user doesn't do anything, the call blocks. For a
continuous supply, you can use /dev/urand.

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