SECURITY-RANDOM(2)
NAME
random: randomint, randombuf − random number generation
SYNOPSIS
include "security.m"; random := load Random Random->PATH;
randomint: fn(which: int): int; randombuf: fn(which, n: int): array of byte;
DESCRIPTION
Randomint and randombuf return random or not-quite-random data obtained from /dev/random or /dev/notquiterandom. Randomint returns a random integer; randombuf returns an array of length n filled with random bytes. In both functions, which may be either ReallyRandom or NotQuiteRandom to select the random data source.
FILES
/dev/random
/dev/notquiterandom
SOURCE
/appl/lib/random.b