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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!hsdndev!husc-news.harvard.edu!husc8.harvard.edu!mlevin
  2. From: mlevin@husc8.harvard.edu (Michael Levin)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
  4. Subject: VAX-C rand() routine alternates even/odd!!!
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec28.152022.18871@husc3.harvard.edu>
  6. Date: 28 Dec 92 20:20:21 GMT
  7. Distribution: usa
  8. Organization: Harvard University Science Center
  9. Lines: 7
  10. Nntp-Posting-Host: husc8.harvard.edu
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  13.      I just noticed that the rand() routine in VAX C gives numbers
  14. which alternate between even/odd! Is this known behavior? Is there a
  15. better random number generator for VMS which doesn't do this?
  16. Please reply to mlevin@husc8.harvard.edu.
  17.  
  18. Mike Levin
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