1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/editors/awk.c b/editors/awk.c
index 8d7777ca6..64fe81be4 100644
--- a/editors/awk.c
+++ b/editors/awk.c
@@ -3118,9 +3118,20 @@ static var *evaluate(node *op, var *res)
                         case F_rn: /*rand*/
                                 if (op1)
                                         syntax_error("Too many arguments");
-                                R_d = (double)rand() / (double)RAND_MAX;
+                        {
+#if RAND_MAX >= 0x7fffffff
+                                uint32_t u = ((uint32_t)rand() << 16) ^ rand();
+                                uint64_t v = ((uint64_t)rand() << 32) | u;
+                                /* the above shift+or is optimized out on 32-bit arches */
+# if RAND_MAX > 0x7fffffff
+                                v &= 0x7fffffffffffffffUL;
+# endif
+                                R_d = (double)v / 0x8000000000000000UL;
+#else
+# error Not implemented for this value of RAND_MAX
+#endif
                                 break;
-
+                        }
                         case F_co:
                                 if (ENABLE_FEATURE_AWK_LIBM) {
                                         R_d = cos(L_d);