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    runtime: use RtlGenRandom instead of CryptGenRandom · db82cf4e
    Alex Brainman authored
    This change replaces the use of CryptGenRandom with RtlGenRandom in
    Windows to generate cryptographically random numbers during process
    startup. RtlGenRandom uses the same RNG as CryptGenRandom, but it has many
    fewer DLL dependencies and so does not affect process startup time as
    much.
    
    This makes running simple Go program on my computers faster.
    
    Windows XP:
    benchmark                      old ns/op     new ns/op     delta
    BenchmarkRunningGoProgram-2     47408573      10784148      -77.25%
    
    Windows 7 (VM):
    benchmark                    old ns/op     new ns/op     delta
    BenchmarkRunningGoProgram     16260390      12792150      -21.33%
    
    Windows 7:
    benchmark                      old ns/op     new ns/op     delta
    BenchmarkRunningGoProgram-2     13600778      10050574      -26.10%
    
    Fixes #15589
    
    Change-Id: I2816239a2056e3d4a6dcd86a6fa2bb619c6008fe
    Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/29700Reviewed-by: 's avatarBrad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
    db82cf4e
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