On Fri, 27 May 2005, Han Boetes wrote:
> Eric Faurot wrote:
> > I've noted that jot(1) behaviour is erratic on my system (ibook)
> > wrt to random number generation.
>
> Not a solution to this interesting problem but if you want to get
> real random numbers you can use this little program I wrote:
Come on, Han. This adds nothing of interest. Besides the fact that jot
uses arc4random as a random source, this is not a forum to show your
capability to write these trivial C programs.
-Otto
>
> /*
> * Copyright 2003, 2005 Han Boetes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> * This is released in public domain.
> *
> * Compile this thingie with:
> *
> * gcc random_number.c -o random_number
> */
>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> int
> main(void)
> {
> u_int32_t random_number;
> random_number = arc4random();
> printf("%u\n", random_number);
> return 0;
> }
>
>
>
> # Han
