rand in awk

[Finn Drablos]

I try to install an utility under Irix 3.1D, using awk. However, I get
problems with rand() and srand(). For example

  $awk '{ print rand() }'
  awk: syntax error near line 1
  awk: illegal statement near line 1
  $awk '{ print rand(2.0) }'

  2

  2

Not very useful, really. Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug ?
Is there anything I can do to make it work (except for implementing my
own random number generator) ?

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