[loeg]

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]

There are still others in <random>. Yet they always use the cool twister one with the funny numbers

[loeg]

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]

What alternative within <random> would you recommend and why?