time(0L) - history of a misconception (was Re: SCO password generator)

[Andre van Dalen]

In article <381 at tmcsys.UUCP> lh at aega84.UUCP (L. Hirschbiegel) writes:
  >In article <1141 at mwtech.UUCP> martin at mwtech.UUCP (Martin Weitzel) writes:
  >>In article <588 at sherpa.UUCP> rac at sherpa.UUCP (Roger Cornelius) writes:
  >>[...]
  >>>     long seed = time(0L);
  >>                       ^^--------- wrong
  >>                 time((long *)0);
  >>                      ^^^^^^^^^--- right
[ removed assembler listing (gives us a clue :-) ]

  >>Repeat after me: POINTER to long.
  >
  >Repeat after me: IT DOESN'T MATTER :-)

Never worked under MSDOeSn't in different memory models or on 64 bit
machines have you?

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