Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 16:28:46 -0400 (EDT)
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> From: "Dieter Buerssner" <buers AT gmx DOT de>
> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 12:52:02 +0200
> 
> I do have a C rewrite of diehard. It is somewhat ugly and makes in 
> some places unportable assumptions about the sizes of the integral 
> types.

The test suite doesn't need to be beautiful.  Some of the tests we use
look quite ugly.  So as long as you feel you can donate the code
without regretting it for the rest of your life, it's good enough.

> It is a merge of Marsaglias tests and some of my random number 
> tests. In non-verbose mode my program may come close to what you have 
> asked for. It will only report suspicious results.

IMHO, this is good enough.  We could keep previous results for
reference, like we do with the results of the Cygnus suite.

> When there really is interest, I may be able to clarify the legal 
> issuses. But I somewhat doubt the general usefulness of my program 
> for DJGPP.

I think it will be useful.