LispWorks Release Notes and Installation Guide > 13 Release Notes > 13.16 Other changes

NextPrevUpTopContentsIndex

13.16.6 Change in make-random-state

(cl:make-random-state t) now uses /dev/urandom , if available, and only if this is not available does it resort to /dev/random .

The reason for this change is that /dev/random pauses when it runs out of entropy, so code with multiple calls can be slow.


LispWorks Release Notes and Installation Guide - 21 Dec 2009

NextPrevUpTopContentsIndex