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diff --git a/contrib/bc/manuals/bc/NP.1 b/contrib/bc/manuals/bc/NP.1 index 89377821b179..0e45d6dcab62 100644 --- a/contrib/bc/manuals/bc/NP.1 +++ b/contrib/bc/manuals/bc/NP.1 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause .\" -.\" Copyright (c) 2018-2020 Gavin D. Howard and contributors. +.\" Copyright (c) 2018-2021 Gavin D. Howard and contributors. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.TH "BC" "1" "October 2020" "Gavin D. Howard" "General Commands Manual" +.TH "BC" "1" "January 2021" "Gavin D. Howard" "General Commands Manual" .SH NAME .PP bc - arbitrary-precision decimal arithmetic language and calculator @@ -514,6 +514,10 @@ generator with \f[B]rand()\f[R] and \f[B]irand(E)\f[R] are guaranteed to This is a consequence of using a seeded pseudo-random number generator. However, they \f[I]are\f[R] guaranteed to be reproducible with identical \f[B]seed\f[R] values. +This means that the pseudo-random values from bc(1) should only be used +where a reproducible stream of pseudo-random numbers is +\f[I]ESSENTIAL\f[R]. +In any other case, use a non-seeded pseudo-random number generator. .SS Numbers .PP Numbers are strings made up of digits, uppercase letters, and at most |