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Sadly, people that don't know better use std::mt19937 all the time :-(.

• on_the_train 1y ago
  And the only reason is its cool name. Humans are weird
  • loeg 1y ago
    Well, it's in std. So there's an appeal to authority (the C++ language authors should be smart, right?) and convenience.
    • on_the_train 1y ago
      There are still others in <random>. Yet they always use the cool twister one with the funny numbers
      • slavik81 1y ago
        What alternative within <random> would you recommend and why?
      • loeg 1y ago
        There's std::linear_congruential_engine, but it doesn't provide you with any (good) default parameters; only the bad ones from historical rand() implementations (minstd_rand0 / minstd_rand).
  • slavik81 1y ago
    I used it because it was recommended by Stephan T. Lavavej, maintainer of Visual Studio's C++ Standard Library, in his "rand() Considered Harmful" talk, back when <random> was introduced. See 11m30s. https://youtu.be/LDPMpc-ENqY?t=10m50s https://youtu.be/LDPMpc-ENqY?t=10m50s