[fpc-pascal] Random(), Randomize, and Linux permissions
Jonas Maebe
jonas.maebe at elis.ugent.be
Thu Sep 30 09:07:58 CEST 2004
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
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