RAND(2)RAND(2)NAMErand - pseudo random number generation
SYNOPSIS
include "rand.m";
rand = load Rand Rand->PATH;
init: fn(seed: int);
rand: fn(modulus: int): int;
bigrand: fn(modulus: big): big;
DESCRIPTION
Init initialises the pseudo-random number generator with seed; subseā
quent calls to rand and bigrand return a pseudo-random sequence of
integers or bigs respectively, between 0 and modulus-1. Modulus should
be a non-negative integer; for bigrand, it should be less than 2^53.
SOURCE
/appl/lib/rand.b
SEE ALSOsecurity-random(2)BUGS
The quality of the algorithm currently used is questionable.
RAND(2)