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Also, one should compare the properties with the Mersenne Twister. The new PRNG proposals, algporitjms have better properties than the Mersenne Twister. Which o
by JoachimS 5y ago
Also, one should compare the properties with the Mersenne Twister. The new PRNG proposals, algporitjms have better properties than the Mersenne Twister. Which one is best is a moving target. The point is that there are better to the Mersenne Twister alternatives today.
It is a bit like people still choose to use MD5 or SHA-1. They are choosen because they are well known, easy to find info about and implementations to use.
- jart 5y agomt19937 is on the PractRand recommended list. https://github.com/MartyMacGyver/PractRand/blob/6ae26d8d4023e7e5e73c4334779fcb4a7d265dfa/tools/RNG_from_name.h#L77 https://github.com/MartyMacGyver/PractRand/blob/6ae26d8d4023... But it's last and his top recommendation is based on hc256 https://github.com/peterferrie/hc256 https://github.com/peterferrie/hc256