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Subject: Re: random number generation

Author: Charles L. Williams

Date: 09:23:29 04/15/99

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On April 15, 1999 at 02:48:10, Andreas Stabel wrote:

>On April 12, 1999 at 19:44:51, James Swafford wrote:
>
>>
>>My opening book relies on a random number generation to
>>choose among book entries.  Windows random( ) function
>>leaves a lot to be desired, even when reseeded using the
>>system timer before each call.
>>
>>I'm interested in hearing what other programmers are doing
>>for _random_ number generation.
>>
>>--
>>James
>
>Here is my C conversion of the Mersenne Twister which is supposed to be one
>of the best pseudo-random generators in existance.
>I hope it is useful.
>Andreas Stabel
>


Thanks, Andreas.  I'm about ready to implement hashing, and I'll give this a
try.


Chuck



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