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Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:33:20 +0100
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Am Montag, den 02.02.2009, 09:19 +0100 schrieb Peter Zijlstra:
> I suppose you'll have to go bug the glibc people about their random()
> implementation.

Yes, I will.

> If you really need random() to perform for your application (monte-carlo
> stuff?) You might be better off writing a PRNG with TLS state or
> something.

I just need some noise in my images.