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> It's not ansi, and afaics it's not in mingw. I've noticed improved
> results before with ((rand()<<16)+rand()), can you try this?
No, unfortunately that doesn't help here...
Instead, I've tried replacing rand() with (rand()>>16) and this improved
randomness a lot. Can we always assume rand() to fill all 32 bits of an int
(or better, is RAND_MAX always the highest 32bit number)?
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Angelo Mottola
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