Re: (fwd) Re: BSD random() - any good (source included)

[tim werner <werner@mc.ab.com>]

>Date: Fri, 08 Jul 1994 16:00:23 -0500
>From: "Bill O'Hanlon" <wmo@digibd.com>
>
>> Bottem line is that at this point there is no clear cut 'standard' that I 
>> have seen agreed on. Hell, I haven't even seen any discussion over it beyond
>> a bunch of polemics over what people like and don't like, which are not 
>> in any way necessarily related to what people need or want.
>
>The reason for this is that people can usually get a hint; there's been no
>need for a formal standard, because when someone does something irritating
>several people shout, and the person has (with a couple of wild exceptions)
>quit the irritating behavior.

I agree with this.


>You don't seem as far around the bend as either of the wild exceptions that
>come to mind (Detweiler and that weird fellow that raved for about two weeks
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                    "Thinking and Speaking for Himself!"
>two months ago) so I'm guessing you wouldn't want to be lumped in with them.
>But by continuing to defend what obviously irritated a half dozen people,
>with plenty more like me agreeing but unwilling to join in the fray to 
>compound the problem, that's what you're courting.

This is not the first time Choate has refused to let go of an argument.  I
smelled this coming.  Wonder how long this one will last?

tw