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.TH RAND 2 .SH NAME rand \- pseudo random number generation .SH SYNOPSIS .EX include "rand.m"; rand = load Rand Rand->PATH; init: fn(seed: int); rand: fn(modulus: int): int; bigrand: fn(modulus: big): big; .EE .SH DESCRIPTION .B Init initialises the pseudo-random number generator with .IR seed ; subsequent calls to .B rand and .B bigrand return a pseudo-random sequence of integers or bigs respectively, between 0 and .IR modulus \-1. .I Modulus should be a non-negative integer; for .BR bigrand , it should be less than 2^53. .SH SOURCE .B /appl/lib/rand.b .SH SEE ALSO .IR security-random (2) .SH BUGS The quality of the algorithm currently used is questionable.