[Chicken-janitors] Re: #218: random not random

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#218: random not random
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 Reporter:  zbigniew        |       Owner:       
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new  
 Priority:  minor           |   Milestone:  4.6.0
Component:  core libraries  |     Version:       
 Keywords:                  |  
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Changes (by felix):

  * component:  unknown => core libraries


Comment:

 We had this already: "portable" functions for doing random numbers where
 in the end not portable at all...

 I suggest staying with rand(3) (possibly hashed) and provide better random
 number generators as eggs. I will check wether `random-seed` can be
 removed.

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Ticket URL: <http://www.irp.oist.jp/trac/chicken/ticket/218#comment:4>
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