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by vtsrh 3988 days ago
It passed for me. Where did you get the diehard test? If you compiled it directly from http://www.stat.fsu.edu/pub/diehard/ then it is because that source is broken.
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panax 3987 days ago
Try using Dieharder. It incorporates most of the Diehard tests, as well as other tests and is much more rigorous.

sudo apt-get install dieharder

http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/General/dieharder.php

If you make a GSL interface for the RNG it will make using dieharder much easier

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vtsrh 3987 days ago
How do you build dieharder on windows? I guess you just don't...
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dhekir 3987 days ago
I actually tried a modified OCaml implementation of a very simple test. The issue is probably due to bad seeding/initialization: if I use the given static seed, it passes, but if I try to provide any other seed, it fails on at least one test.

I'll try to find a more complete/better tested port, or try to do it myself.

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