Random number generation, simple question.

[Jürgen Hermann]

"Kalle Svensson" <kalle at gnupung.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>  * Suppose I do a loop where I get a byte at a time and then re-seed the
>    generator either with random numbers from the generator or with values
>    from time. Will that improve the randomness?

Certainly not. Seeding is done ONCE, always. What you should do is to call
random() 80 times, and use the MSB only, i.e. "bit = random() < 0.5".

Ciao, Jürgen

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