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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: I plan to change random() for -current (was Re: rand() and random())
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        joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
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>You forget the fact that srandom() called only _once_ (usually),
>so speed is unimportant here.

I was thinking of getting it right here and copying it to the
kernel random() and the user rand().

>> Perhaps make this a subroutine to avoid duplication and allow easy
>> changing.  Division takes 10-20 times longer than a subroutine call
>> on Pentiums.

Actually 5-10 times on Pentiums, 3-5 times on 486's, 1-2 times on
386's.

>We can't relay on Pentium times in machine-independent code.

Speed is unimportant here :-).

>I am thinking about making it #define or inline, which one
>is better?

Inline.

Bruce