Two fast implementations of the “minimal standard” random number generator

  • Authors:
  • David F. Carta

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1990

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Abstract

Although superficially time-consuming, on 32-bit computers the minimal standard random number generator can be implemented with surprising economy.