Best way to randomize an array?

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From: Daniel Finster
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 00:00

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Hi there.  I have a 128x128 array of bits which I would like to
randomize in a reasonably efficient way.  Currently, I'm doing it in
what is probably the stupidest way possible: I'm calling RANDOM 16384
times and storing the results individually--this takes about 2
seconds.

I've contemplated randomizing a huge bignum and slicing 16384 bits out
of it, but I can't figure out how to efficiently map those bits onto
the array elements.

Anyone have any ideas, suggestions, etc on how to solve my problem?
I'm running a 3640 under Genera 8.1.1.

Thanks for any input.  SMBX forever.

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