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by camel-cdr 1093 days ago
> but if the C library provided one then the effort to do it well only needs to happen once.

It would've happened only once, but in 1987, and then we would've stuck with it, because every body relies on the exact behavior.

Just look at `rand()`, it's basically unusable.

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> Just look at `rand()`, it's basically unusable.

It does have some limitations you must be aware of, but "unusable"?