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> Edit: it is also a cool name, but I think maybe ‘unremarkable’ is exactly what many people are looking for in a PRNG. Sure, but at that point you can pick a
by stouset 2y ago
> Edit: it is also a cool name, but I think maybe ‘unremarkable’ is exactly what many people are looking for in a PRNG.
Sure, but at that point you can pick a modern option (PCG, xoroshiro, whatever) which are implementable in four or five lines of straightforward C. They’re simple enough to memorize.
From a very reasonable perspective, MT is remarkable in terms of how large, slow, and complex it is. I think the most compact implementation I’ve seen is pushing 50 lines, with the only way to audit it being carefully walking through the spec and reference implementation.