Random number generator

[T. William Wells]

In article <4943 at condict.cs.vu.nl> condict at cs.vu.nl (Michael Condict) writes:
: Generate the two 16-bit numbers and concatenate them:
:
:       long_random = (short_random_1 << 16) + short_random_2;
:
: Or, if you prefer:
:
:       long_random = short_random_1 * 65536 + short_random_2;

In both cases, safety requires a cast:

	long_random = ((unsigned long)short_random_1 << 16) + short_random_2;
	long_random = (unsigned long)short_random_1 * 65536 + short_random_2;

Else the first time you compile on a machine with 16 bit ints,
you'll get a surprise.

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