| ▲ | Xorshift Generators(alanzucconi.com) | |||||||
| 15 points by tobr 4 hours ago | 5 comments | ||||||||
| ▲ | AlanZucconi 36 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
I'm really curious... How did you manage to post this link before I did? | ||||||||
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| ▲ | delduca 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
I’ve replaced Lua’s random by this. I’ve posted about it here https://nullonerror.org/2025/08/02/replacing-lua-s-math-rand... | ||||||||
| ▲ | saithound an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
Ah yes, Xorshift, the RANDU [1] of the 21st century [2]. There is no real use case for better non-CS generators, as explained by adrian_b back in 2021 [3]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RANDU [2] https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.10020 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28886698 | ||||||||
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