Re: [AD] rand() vs random()

[Sven Sandberg <svens@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Angelo Mottola wrote:
> Can we use random() instead of rand() in the test program?
> Under OSX using rand() gives really poor randomness in tests, and it's not
> nice to see. random() on the other hand performs much better. Since it
> should be supported by all the platforms Allegro runs on (can you confirm
> this? It's an stdlib function), can we replace rand() with it at least in
> test.c?

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?

Sven