/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb CC, Run-time functions, nrand48  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  Generate uniformly distributed pseudorandom number sequences.
  Returns 48-bit signed long integers.

  Syntax:

        #include <stdlib.h>

        long int nrand48 (unsigned short int xsub[3]);