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The author (or authors?) of MT have some more recent generators that are faster, what's the reason for staying with the original MT?
by acqq 11y ago
The author (or authors?) of MT have some more recent generators that are faster, what's the reason for staying with the original MT?
- mmalone 11y agoJust familiarity. Mostly I just can't recommend something I don't know much about. The SIMD variant of MT is architecture specific, I thought? Other newer variants of MT/WELL generators and PCG are probably all good options. Also xorshift*. But I know that MT is a very good algorithm and using it has a certain pragmatic appeal - you make a lot of people's lives easier because when they Google to learn more about your generator they'll find good information quickly.