Random Number Generator

[Toon Moene]

Emil Block wrote:

> Does anyone know why a call to RAND with G77 returns a different value
> than a call to RAND with F77 using the same seed?  The computer is a SUN
> Sparc with OS 2.7. The same code is compiled in one case with G77 and in
> the other case with F77.
> 
> G77  rand (iseed)     returns 0.563463211
> F77  rand (iseed)     returns 0.843506
> 
> where iseed = 1375.

It would help if you could figure out how the Sun Fortran run time library
does this.

G77's actually does:

srand(iseed);
return rand();

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