On Apr 14, 2009, at 12:56 PM, Jean-Daniel Dupas wrote:
reading /dev/random is currently the best way to generate random
number on OS X.
http://lists.apple.com/archives/apple-cdsa/2009/Mar/msg00077.html
Yes, and those are *true* random numbers, since their source is
physical rather than algorithmic, that is, the numbers are generated
from random noise (thermal and electrical) read from physical devices.
For testing, though, it's always good to rely on a (good quality)
*pseudo*-random generator, so that you can reliably generate the same
sequences all the time.
Wagner
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