From: "Geo" 

"John Beckett"  wrote
in message news:41b2a4bc.23977267{at}216.144.1.254...

> for (int i=1; i<=rand(); i++) { /* do something */ }
>
> I guess it doesn't matter, but this loop will call rand
> every time the loop is entered. This does nothing helpful.

It's a way of randomizing it because if you run the function twice quickly
the time function doesn't provide very good seed values. The idea was to
use the rand() function more to generate a better random value. IE, I want
rand() called multiple times.


The rest of your post is VERY helpful, thanks much.

Geo.

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