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Article #2931Re: Wanted: very fast random number generator
From: Michael T. Palmer
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:53
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:53
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tgl+@cs.cmu.edu (Tom Lane) writes: >What I need is a very very fast random number generator; it does NOT need to >be cryptographically strong. Check out "Random Number Generators: Good Ones are Hard to Find" by Steven K. Park and Keith W. Miller, _Communications_of_the_ACM_ Volume 31 Number 10, October 1988. Here they define a "minimal standard" RNG that is implemented several different ways (in Pascal, but it ports to C in about 1.75 minutes). Even if you choose to use a different RNG, it may be good for you to read this article anyway. It's very informative. -- Michael T. Palmer | "A man is crazy who writes a secret in any m.t.palmer@larc.nasa.gov | other way than one which will conceal it RIPEM key on server | from the vulgar." - Roger Bacon
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!news.larc.nasa.gov!news.larc.nasa.gov!palmer From: palmer@icat.larc.nasa.gov (Michael T. Palmer) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: Wanted: very fast random number generator Date: 26 Jan 93 20:53:46 GMT Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA USA Lines: 18 Message-ID: <palmer.728081626@news.larc.nasa.gov> References: <C1H7tG.7At.2@cs.cmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: icat.larc.nasa.gov