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

[John Lee]

How does it compare re 'randomness' cf current fpc version? The wikipedia
reference doesn't make this clear. Or the original fpc/delphi versions?
Jonas?
John

On 7 December 2011 14:08, Inoussa OUEDRAOGO <inoussa12 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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