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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] frandom - fast random generator module
Date: 21 Oct 2003 18:04:43 -0700
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By author:    davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen)
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> 
> As noted, I do get around that... some care needs to be taken calling
> random number generators from threads, since some have internal storage
> in addition to the seed which can be provided by the caller.
> 

You can also put your stuff in Thread Local Storage.

	-hpa
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