@staatsgeheim @canadianbryan It's not "backwards compatible" if you need to change correct portable programs to use nonstd obsd apis.
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Replying to @RichFelker
@RichFelker@staatsgeheim There is no "standard" to get what people already assume of rand*(), watch the derailment: http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=8591 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @canadianbryan
@canadianbryan@staatsgeheim People who don't know the languages they use assume lots of wrong things. They're not qualified to code in them3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @staatsgeheim
@staatsgeheim@RichFelker@canadianbryan@dakami That's arrogant- Portability? Who cares! it works on the only system I care about!1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @cr1901
@cr1901@staatsgeheim@RichFelker@canadianbryan look, effectively nothing is being broken by non-deterministic rand.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @dakami
@dakami@cr1901@staatsgeheim@canadianbryan I gave 2 concrete examples that break: image generators and mplayer 2pass enc with -vf noise.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @RichFelker
@RichFelker@dakami@staatsgeheim It's certainly easier to fix the few ports that need determinism than it is to fix the entire world.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @canadianbryan
@RichFelker@dakami@staatsgeheim The OpenBSD porters/users have taken that burden. Feel free to learn from it.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@staatsgeheim @canadianbryan @dakami I have no desire to preserve broken code. Rather to preserve correct code & the language.
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