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> Allegro shouldn't be calling rand() at all, IMHO. If the user starts
> using the blender, his output series from rand() will be mysteriously
> affected. Luckily the number of people using the dissolve blender _and_
> expecting rand() to be unaffected is probably low. I suppose we should
> just use our own private, dumb-but-fast generator for this case
> (something like what Paul Pridham posted).
Ok, we can try that. Should we make it public though, in light of the
drawbacks of rand() on MacOS X and elsewhere?
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Eric Botcazou