Re: [sv-ec] C Implementation for random number generator


Subject: Re: [sv-ec] C Implementation for random number generator
From: Stephen Williams (steve@icarus.com)
Date: Tue Mar 11 2003 - 15:31:42 PST


david.smith@synopsys.com said:
> As the chair for the SV-EC I request that Synopsys make a donation of
> the C implementation of $srandom and $urandom. This was voted on in
> today's meeting and the committee voted to request this
> implementation.

I don't suppose it would be plausible to consider the Mersenne Twister
random number generator? It's a high quality PRNG specifically intended
for simulation/modeling use, and the implementations are portable and
fast.

    <http://www.math.keio.ac.jp/~matumoto/emt.html>

Just a thought.

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