Re: "Random" number generating

Kent Briggs <kbriggs@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:1tT4e.37125$1H3.24183@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> Delphi uses a simple "linear congruential" prng. You should be able
> to look at the source code for the random() function to see how it
> works or google that term.

are you the Kent Briggs that wrote the code listed here?
http://homepages.borland.com/nmp/nmpCode.htm#BriggsIntUnit

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Mark Vaughan
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