Y
Hacker News
new
|
ask
|
show
|
jobs
by
Kluny
3784 days ago
Yeah, we got that. But why did you need a Mersenne Twister?
1 comments
tbabb
3784 days ago
My understanding is that Mersenne Twister is kind of a gold standard for non-cryptographic PRNGs. Linear congruential generators are known to be rather poor, and only ideal where speed is critical and the quality doesn't matter.
link