How do I get random #s?

[Michael Paul Hunter]

In article <9570 at smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn at smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) writes:
>In article <19415 at dhw68k.cts.com> tsource at dhw68k.cts.com (Aryeh Friedman) writes:
>>	 I am new to C and I want to know how to get random numbers returned.
>
>Unfortunately the specific details of pseudo-random number generators
>in the system C libraries vary from system to system.	Usually there
>is one called rand(), sometimes random().  UNIX System V has a family
>*rand48().
>
>ANSI C requires rand() to be provided, but probably your best bet for
>the time being is to provide your own generator.  For example:
>

How about a quick hack at a random number generator that is
kindof-fairly uniorm in [0, 1].  My quick answer is to scale
rand...but that doesn't seem to be the best quick hack answer
to me.

				    Mike