Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:

>   A 32-bit number, which can represent 2^32 different values, contains
> 32 *binary* digits (ie. 0 or 1).
>   In decimal the maximum value of a 32-bit number is 4294967295 (10 digits).

>                                                           - Warp

Thanks.  BTW, the clue was sitting there right in front of me, and I didn't
*see* it. Sorry.

Warp wrote...
>      The seed value (which is a 32-bit integer) jumps pseudorandomly over
>      its entire value space (ie. between 0 and 2^32-1) and the value returned
>      by rand() is simply calculated from this seed value.

Ken

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