Why have both `random' and `cl-random'?

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As far as I can tell from the doc strings, the user level funcionality
of the two is the same.  If there is a difference, I can't tell it from
those doc strings.  But they compute values in different ways

If there is no significant user-visible difference, could the two be merged?

If there is a significant raal user-visible difference, would people please
describe it in the doc strings, so a user can decide which one to use?

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