rand() Considered Harmful

Why it was recommended

recommended by Stephan T. Lavavej, maintainer of Visual Studio's C++ Standard Library, in his "rand() Considered Harmful" talk

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What it covers

Stephan T. Lavavej's GoingNative 2013 talk explaining why calling rand() and using rand() % 100 is bad in C++, and how the C++11 <random> header does the job properly. It is for someone who already knows the basic terms and wants the next step.

Video details

Channel

aghuttun

Length

31 min 28 sec

Year

2013

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