I thought the xoroshiros are basically Vigna's? Developed further from precursors. But you're right, there's no successor anointed yet to MT19937, but it's abo

I thought the xoroshiros are basically Vigna's? Developed further from precursors. But you're right, there's no successor anointed yet to MT19937, but it's about time. Wish some real expert in the field would publish an authoritative account (but opinionated enough to make real choices) that programming language devs could point to, and across the board implement: * safe (ie, a cryptographically secure PRNG) <- default * fast (if your application needs speed more than security against adversaries, such as Monte Carlo integration) * others (if you really know what you're doing) EDIT to add: it feels a bit like the old chestnut about IBM: nobody ever gets fired for choosing the Mersenne Twister...