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Updated the readme for gcc.

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@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ A SIMD optimized version of the WELL512a random algorithm.
=== OVERVIEW ===
WELL512a is a pseudorandom number generator algorithm developed by
F. Panneton, P. L'Ecuyer and M. Matsumoto.
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=== PERFORMANCE ===
This implementation is generally about 2-3 times faster than the C
implementation by the original authors.
@ -24,14 +22,13 @@ Some example numbers from the included test program run on an Intel Core
i7-3770K 3.5GHz:
VS2012 gcc 4.6.3
C++ SSE2 0.078
Original C 0.223
C++ SSE2 0.078 0.07
Original C 0.223 0.19
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x2.86
x2.86 x2.71
=== REQUIREMENTS ===
An SSE2 capable CPU (i.e. AMD Athlon 64, Intel Pentium 4 or newer.
It's been tested with Visual Studio 2012 and gcc 4.6.3 but should compile
@ -39,13 +36,11 @@ and run on other compilers as well.
=== LICENSE ===
All the source code, except WELL512a.cpp|h that contains the original
implementation, are released under the Simplified BSD license which allows
you to use this code in any open or closed source project.
=== ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ===
Thanks to Marcus Geelnard for code review and many suggestions for
improvements.