Re: [RFC] i_generation numbers.

Jamie Lokier (lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 13:49:25 +0200

I wrote:
> > You can't produce good random numbers fast, which is what fsirand
> > would have to.
> I recall the Mersenne Twister is fast and thought to be very good.

Very good at passing randomness tests, that is.
Not necessarily cryptographically sound.

-- Jamie

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