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[Paul Stickney]

In short: you can NOT use any-old standard C function. These depend on
the C lib/rt.
(This isn't entirely true and some C ``functions'' are really macros, etc....)

You should use one of the supplied Random components (RandomC,
RandomMlcgC, RandomLfsrC).

However, nesC is a super-set of C that converts nesC code into C
(which is compiled by say, avr-gcc)-- that is, all the operators and C
syntax work exactly as you expect. (And of course, make sure to follow
the C specs, e.g. NULL is not necessarily a "integer of all zero
bits").


HTH,
Paul