Re: Bug in math.random() range checking

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Subject: Re: Bug in math.random() range checking
From: Jay Carlson <nop@...>
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2018 10:54:56 -0500

On Mar 3, 2018, at 8:48 AM, Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@gmail.com> wrote:

> The astonishing thing is that we have knowin since 1976 how to turn a
> bad random number generator into a good one, 

Don't you want the Mersenne Twister, from 1997?

References:
- Bug in math.random() range checking, Bruce Hill
- Re: Bug in math.random() range checking, William Ahern
- Re: Bug in math.random() range checking, Albert Chan
- Re: Bug in math.random() range checking, Bruce Hill
- Re: Bug in math.random() range checking, Albert Chan
- Re: Bug in math.random() range checking, Dirk Laurie

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