Hi, Bash uses the low 16 bits for $RANDOM.
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/tree/variables.c#n1321 https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/tree/variables.c#n1356 It seems that the high bits should be more random. If so, maybe the high 16 bits should be kept if $RANDOM must stay in 16bits? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13104478/uniformity-of-random-numbers-taken-modulo-n -- Regards, Peng
