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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).