[fpc-pascal] Why is Random(255) some 529x slower compared to Delphi 7?

[Inoussa OUEDRAOGO]

2011/12/7 Peter <peter at pblackman.plus.com>:
> Graeme,
>
> I would recommend using Marsaglia's XORShift.
> Blisteringly fast, high quality statistically, and very easy to implement.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xorshift

For those who want to test it here is an Object Pascal implementation.

-- 
Inoussa O.
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