[fpc-pascal] Re: Why is Random(255) some 529x slower compared to Delphi7?

[Henry Vermaak]

On 8 December 2011 18:38, Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/12/8 Tomas Hajny :
>> that FPC has ever claimed performing functionality at the same speed as
>> Delphi...
>
> We all know FPC is much slower that Delphi... we live with it. But a
> function being 529x slower, and being the default implementation....
> Well, now that just makes we cringe. And as Jurgen said, such a
> magnitude slower makes in unusable!

That's false, since people already said that they use it and are happy
with it.  Honestly, nothing new is being said here and you ignore
other people's viewpoints.  The majority that have spoken up are
against your change.  Even Delphi's implementation says that it can
change, so relying on its performance is stupid.  So the only solution
for you is to implement your own (as you've already done) and use it
both in Delphi and fpc.

Henry