[HN Gopher] Random Numbers Fall Mainly in the Planes (1968)
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       Random Numbers Fall Mainly in the Planes (1968)
        
       Author : mnem
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2022-05-30 18:30 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | tomerv wrote:
       | This describes the issue with PRNGs based on a Linear
       | Congruential Generator. The issues are resolved by using a
       | Mersenne Twister instead, which is the standard PRNG used today
       | basically everywhere.
        
         | morelisp wrote:
         | Marsaglia vehemently disagreed with your remedy. (And imo he
         | was eventually proven right - MT is a much less common default
         | today than it was 15 years ago.)
        
         | jleahy wrote:
         | A generator that itself is not recommended as it's both very
         | slow and fails many tests.
         | 
         | The xorshiro generators are much better.
        
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