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difference between mt_rand and rand?

Rrocklv
Jan 25, 2003
Post #1 Saturday, January 25, 2003 2:44 AM

please tell me the difference.

Kkriek
Jan 25, 2003
Post #2 Saturday, January 25, 2003 2:56 AM

mt_rand() uses Mersenne Twister which is four times faster than rand() which uses the libc random number generator. mt_rand() is essentially a drop-in replacement for rand() which creates a better random value.

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difference between mt_rand and rand?

rocklv

please tell me the difference.

kriek

mt_rand() uses Mersenne Twister which is four times faster than rand() which uses the libc random number generator. mt_rand() is essentially a drop-in replacement for rand() which creates a better random value.