GNU bug report logs - #32605
[w64] (random) never returns negative

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Reported by: f.j.wright <at> live.co.uk

Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2018 17:21:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed

Found in version 26.1

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #42 received at 32605 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 32605 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32605: [w64] (random) never returns negative
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2021 11:57:01 +0300

> From: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2021 09:31:06 +0100
> 
> I'm not an expert on random numbers either, and your efforts are not an
> annoyance, but I am puzzled why you so strongly prize performance over
> correctness in this instance.

Because I have no idea how important the "correctness" part is, or
why.  OTOH, this stuff, when used, tends to be in the inner loops, so
performance matters.
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