Predicting the next Math.random() in Java

Re:Predicting the next Math.random() in Java by mda on Monday September 01, 2014 @01:30PM (#8253891)

Reminded me an interesting Java Random issue with small seeds and power of two intervals:

  for(int i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
      System.out.println(new Random(i).nextInt(8));
  }

It returns same number for all seeds.

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