Generating a large random string

[Chris Herborth]

I'd be interested to see how

s = open("/dev/urandom").read(3000)

compares, and, if better, whether something similar can
be done on Windows.

Works on my Windows boxes:

chris@chrish [501]: uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-5.1 chrish 1.5.7(0.109/3/2) 2004-01-30 19:32 i686 unknown unknown
Cygwin
chris@chrish [502]: python
Python 2.3.3 (#1, Dec 30 2003, 08:29:25)
[GCC 3.3.1 (cygming special)] on cygwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>> s = open("/dev/urandom").read(3000)
>>> len(s) 3000
>>> s[0] ']'
>>> s[1]

'W'

;-)

 

[Chris]

You're not running Windows, you've been infected with the Cygwin virus, a
fiendish creation by anti-Win32 API hackers that irreparably damages the
proprietary nature of the Windows platform , and worse yet, could
potentially allow applications to be built without Visual Studio, using a
GNU tool chain. Better format your drive immediately before it spreads.

Chris

I'd be interested to see how

s = open("/dev/urandom").read(3000)

compares, and, if better, whether something similar can
be done on Windows.

Works on my Windows boxes:

chris@chrish [501]: uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-5.1 chrish 1.5.7(0.109/3/2) 2004-01-30 19:32 i686 unknown unknown
Cygwin
chris@chrish [502]: python
Python 2.3.3 (#1, Dec 30 2003, 08:29:25)
[GCC 3.3.1 (cygming special)] on cygwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

s = open("/dev/urandom").read(3000)
len(s) 3000
s[0] ']'
s[1]

'W'

;-)