Hi

My 2 cents:
Since computers get faster and faster with time, there is a time line for more 
accurate techniques, even if they are more costly. So, shifting to a faster, 
but less accurate method now, will cause another change in the future. The only 
question is on the time, when computers are so fast, that hardly anyone will 
bother about speed of the method. Therefore, I propose to keep the current 
method, because it has the better long term perspective. The needs for a faster 
method today should be matched with an additional procedure, let's name it 
random_fast. Sure enough, it would the possibility to select the generator 
would be more elegant, for example, when calling randomize. But I would always 
keep the more accurate generator as the default for the reason outlined above.

Michael Schindler
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