[fpc-pascal] Random(), Randomize, and Linux permissions

[Jonas Maebe]

On 29 sep 2004, at 21:03, Alan Mead wrote:

> Hence my attempt to use /dev/urandom.  I had suggested this in a
> discussion on this list about a year ago and I thought I would try to
> implement it now...  I acknowledge the limitations of this approach..
> maybe it would be easier to just stick a 1 sec delay before the
> randomize :)

You could use a number from /dev/random or /dev/urandom to initialize 
randseed (that's just a global variable in the system unit, which is 
the only thing that randomize() changes when you call it), instead of 
randomize(). Then you'll get the best of both worlds.


Jonas