Woeful performance of D compared to C++

[Jeff McGlynn]

janderson Wrote:

> Walter Bright wrote:
> > Dave wrote:
> >>
> >> D's rand() is slow.
> > 
> > True. C's rand() is fast, but is known to be not very random. As you 
> > pointed out, D users can use either as required.
> 
> Maybe there should be a randfast() in the standard lib?  I imagine this 
> confusion will come up again.
> 
> -Joel

I recommend a built-in mersenne twist function, usually called mt_rand().

-- Jeff