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<LI><em>From</em>: Ling <<A HREF="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lut.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lut.ac.uk</A>></LI>
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On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Jon A. Lambert wrote:
> Chris or anyone:
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> Does multi-threading have any affects on seeds used in the random
> generator. Does anyone know if this is truly thread safe?
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> JL
Not as far as I know, for SunOS and the linux. Could use rand_r() and
provide the seed each time. I think you might wanna provide your own
random number generator (I know it's a fine art but I'm sure a good
algorithm book would have a couple).
| Anyone
_O_O_ Freshwater fish since 1976
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01116" HREF="msg01116.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Rooms, 3D arrays, etc.</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Wed 04 Jun 1997, 04:50 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01146" HREF="msg01146.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Rooms, 3D arrays, etc.</A></strong>,
Miroslav Silovic <a href="mailto:silovic#srce,hr">silovic#srce,hr</a>, Wed 04 Jun 1997, 15:59 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01073" HREF="msg01073.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Rooms, 3D arrays, etc.</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Tue 03 Jun 1997, 08:14 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01166" HREF="msg01166.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Rooms, 3D arrays, etc.</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 05 Jun 1997, 09:11 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01195" HREF="msg01195.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Threaded rand()</A></strong>,
Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lut.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lut.ac.uk</a>, Thu 05 Jun 1997, 22:36 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01203" HREF="msg01203.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Rooms, 3D arrays, etc.</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Fri 06 Jun 1997, 02:08 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01248" HREF="msg01248.html">Physical Space Representation</A></strong>,
Mathue Moyer <a href="mailto:mathue#king,cts.com">mathue#king,cts.com</a>, Sun 08 Jun 1997, 02:17 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01285" HREF="msg01285.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Physical Space Representation</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01190" HREF="msg01190.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Rooms, 3D arrays, etc.</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Thu 05 Jun 1997, 12:51 GMT
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