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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear PETSc users,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am start to use PETSc-3.3 and trying to build a Cygwin free windows version (I just don’t want to have Cygwin installed).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for the effort that the developers made for those macros (PETSC_HAVE__FINITE, PETSC_HAVE__ISNAN, etc).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is a question: how does srand48/drand48 works in windows? Can I replace them with other random number generator (that’s the last option since I am not sure whether they will be used in other functions)? I don’t see any equivalent definition in any headers in windows so far.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There is a windows build tutorial but need Cygwin installed. Does that mean I have to use srand48/drand48 provided by Cygwin (not sure but maybe)?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am using MSVS 2010+intel compiler+mpich.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any comment will be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yonghui<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>