Sometimes it is useful to deal with a platform where such things are not even available, never mind platform dependent. Then see how quickly your code breaks.

Sometimes it is useful to deal with a platform where such things are not even available, never mind platform dependent. Then see how quickly your code breaks. Standard library invocations - including random number generation - often break entirely when targeting wasm freestanding for instance, as in that case there is really very little "platform" to speak of.