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Re: g++ & rand() in Cygwin


Alex Vinokur wrote:
------ foo.cpp ------
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main ()
{
  cout << rand() << endl;
  cout << rand() << endl;
  return 0;
}
---------------------


// g++ version 3.3.3 (cygwin special)


$ g++ foo.cpp

The program below generates the following output:
-----------
0
1481765933
-----------

First pseuso-random number is 0.

Is it by purpose?

I don't know. I use MT for random number generation:


http://anfaenger.de/cygwin/MersenneTwister/


Gerrit -- =^..^=

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