Re: [fpc-pascal] Random(), Randomize, and Linux permissions

2004-09-30 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 29 sep 2004, at 21:03, Alan Mead wrote: Hence my attempt to use /dev/urandom. I had suggested this in a discussion on this list about a year ago and I thought I would try to implement it now... I acknowledge the limitations of this approach.. maybe it would be easier to just stick a 1 sec dela

Re: [fpc-pascal] RE: Random(), Randomize, and Linux permissions

2004-09-30 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 30 sep 2004, at 05:29, Alan Mead wrote: Thanks for this link. I found a Pascal implementation of MT somewhere .. not this one I think. Is it your code? Do you know the difference between the Real1() and Real2() etc. methods? The 1.9.x FPC rtl already uses the Mersenne Twister. However, that

Re: [fpc-pascal] Known issue with 1.9.4 [2004/05/30] for i386 on Linux?

2004-09-30 Thread Nico Aragón
Hello, On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:23:13 -0700 (PDT), Alan Mead wrote: >> while ( (i<=Length(fmt)) and (NOT fmt[i] IN ['0'..'9']) ) do >> inc(i); >First, it seems improper for any syntax to compile (i.e., to fail to >raise a syntax error) and then not execute. It compiles because it has the meanin

Re: [fpc-pascal] Free Pascal soom will land in Italy!

2004-09-30 Thread Florian Klaempfl
Jilani Khaldi wrote: Hi All, In the next issue of Linux&C n.42 (http://www.oltrelinux.com) there will be the first article (Special) about Free Pascal (8 pages for this article, never happened before with other cool languages). Linux&C is the number one magazione in Italy dedicated to Linux with