ShortRand
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Up Rand Random ShortRand Twister

Evenly distributed shorts PRNG

A Pseudo Random Number Generator based on Knuth, Vol 2, p. 27.
Returns shorts uniformly distributed over -32768 to 32767
The numbers always occur in the same sequence (invariable seed).
Usage:
#include "ShortRand.h"
main() {
  CShortRand SRand;
  for(;;) {
    short s=++SRand;
    WORD  w=++SRand;
  }
}

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