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Re: random number generator

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From: pete
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 14:53
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lovens weche wrote:
> 
> WOWZER! 4 times faster than rand()???

That really depends on how fast rand() is on your system.
It would be mighty strange if it were true for systems which use 
alogorithms like the ones shown in this post:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=TDWdnWU1LqbIiFyjXTWcqg%40comcast.com&rnum=4

-- 
pete
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From: pete <pfiland@mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: random number generator
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 10:53:33 -0400
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