Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: CONFIG_RANDOM option for 1.99.2 | From | Raja R Harinath <> | Date | 25 May 1996 15:13:18 -0500 |
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Herbert Rosmanith <herp@wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at> writes: > a rendom generator placed in the kernel is a thematical error. > i always thought that an OS is an abstracion of the hardware. > please put random generators to where they belong to: to the > application level. put it into some static library. > > what's coming next anyway ? /dev/gaussian-distribution ? > /dev/fancy-code-that-controls-my-refridgerator ? /dev/doom-level-10 ? > only because you *can* do it doesn't mean that you *should* do it.
Maybe we should rename `/dev/random' to `/dev/entropy' to prevent people from misunderstanding its purpose.
- Hari -- Raja R Harinath ------------------------------ harinath@cs.umn.edu "When all else fails, read the instructions." -- Cahn's Axiom "Our policy is, when in doubt, do the right thing." -- Roy L Ash
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