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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=510292916-04012002>In
case you are intersted in random nos, attached is an improved rand no generator
+ test program for fpc, based on the mersenne twister... see the references. We
are considering using this as a better? or alternate rand no generator in
fpc...but at present the one in the source is a more convention algorithm.
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=510292916-04012002>Regards John</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Moreno Villena
[mailto:MorenoVillena@telefonica.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 02,
2002 22:04<BR><B>To:</B> fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[fpc-pascal]Random<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I would like to know the formulae used by the
random number generator</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>of Free Pascal; i.e., the value of multiplier
and the adding term.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>J.A.Moreno</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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