Here is a short program to print 10 random numbers: program testrandom;
var i: Integer; begin Randomize; for i := 1 to 10 do WriteLn(Random); end. If I compile and run this program using FPC 3.0.0 on Ubuntu 16.04 x86_64 I get the following: $ /usr/lib/fpc/3.0.0/ppcx64 testrandom Free Pascal Compiler version 3.0.0+dfsg-2 [2016/01/28] for x86_64 Copyright (c) 1993-2015 by Florian Klaempfl and others Target OS: Linux for x86-64 Compiling testrandom.pp Linking testrandom /usr/bin/ld.bfd: warning: link.res contains output sections; did you forget -T? 14 lines compiled, 0.1 sec $ ./testrandom 9.34558931970968842506E-0001 7.37956080120056867599E-0001 9.57959748106077313423E-0001 8.50854847114533185959E-0001 1.81509985821321606636E-0001 6.14049500785768032074E-0001 9.82306003570556640625E-0002 3.28659117221832275391E-0001 3.45761539181694388390E-0001 6.87781326007097959518E-0001 All well and good. However, if I compile using FPC 3.1.1 from svn I get the following: $ /usr/local/lib/fpc/3.1.1/ppcx64 testrandom Free Pascal Compiler version 3.1.1 [2016/11/26] for x86_64 Copyright (c) 1993-2016 by Florian Klaempfl and others Target OS: Linux for x86-64 Compiling testrandom.pp Linking testrandom 14 lines compiled, 0.1 sec $ ./testrandom 3.31493919249624013901E-0001 3.31493919249624013901E-0001 5.16012400388717651367E-0001 2.02815276337787508965E-0001 5.62052882276475429535E-0001 9.15243660099804401398E-0001 7.51263931626453995705E-0001 9.20306718209758400917E-0001 9.01774314232170581818E-0001 7.98331435071304440498E-0001 The first two random numbers are always equal. Am I missing something or is this a bug in 3.1.1? Tony _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal