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

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

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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Dan FitzGerald
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