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Re:Evolution of Random Number Generators by jhgb on Sunday May 02, 2021 @10:44AM (#27015715)
Fisher-Yates is one of the simplest things out there IMO.

Isn't the Lehmer code the thing that you want? Then you can specify your permutation with an integer and extract the individual digits from it repeatedly.

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Re:Evolution of Random Number Generators by TekMol on Sunday May 02, 2021 @02:06PM (#27017378) 

    Fisher-Yates is one of the simplest
    things out there IMO
Just using "$n xor $something" would be simpler. I am just not sure yet, what a good "$something" is.
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Re:Evolution of Random Number Generators by jhgb on Sunday May 02, 2021 @02:22PM (#27017524)
How does this guarantee the desired property of the output being a permutation?
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