Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 00:18:15 +0300 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: rand.c patch for review (was: Re: cvs commit: ports/astro/xglobe/files patch-random) Message-ID: <20010226001814.A59577@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <200102252016.f1PKFvR02915@gratis.grondar.za>; from mark@grondar.za on Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 10:16:42PM %2B0200 References: <20010225125901.A47165@hamlet.nectar.com> <200102252016.f1PKFvR02915@gratis.grondar.za>
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On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 22:16:42 +0200, Mark Murray wrote: > > Andrey - you had something - what was its origin? Current direct origins 1) stdlib/random.c:good_rand() or 2) libkern/random.c:random(). First one comes after long discussion for bad random() distribution long time ago, I didn't remember person who point to it. Second one (identical code) seems come independently from BSD 4.4 Lite. Both have this reference: From "Random number generators: good ones are hard to find", Park and Miller, Communications of the ACM, vol. 31, no. 10, October 1988, p. 1195. -- Andrey A. Chernov http://ache.pp.ru/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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