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Re:Show HN: What parts of your code are not original by sdevlin on Saturday February 06, 2016 @11:50AM (#11048441)
Why did you need to write an implementation of Mersenne Twister?
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Re:Show HN: What parts of your code are not original by bpicolo on Saturday February 06, 2016 @11:51AM (#11048450)
"No open source code."
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Re:Show HN: What parts of your code are not original by Kluny on Saturday February 06, 2016 @03:16PM (#11049597)
Yeah, we got that. But why did you need a Mersenne Twister?
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Re:Show HN: What parts of your code are not original by tbabb on Saturday February 06, 2016 @07:10PM (#11050760)
My understanding is that Mersenne Twister is kind of a gold standard for non-cryptographic PRNGs. Linear congruential generators are known to be rather poor, and only ideal where speed is critical and the quality doesn't matter.
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