Re: MZT random number generator

[merlyn]

I'm not sure what this gives me over what seeding my relatively-modern pseudorandom number generator with Math::TrulyRandom will do. If I'm really concerned, I can just reseed it every 100 iterations or so.

[jimbojones]

If I read the code correctly, this is a Perl implementation of this, of which is claimed:


THIS IS THE BEST KNOWN RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR AVAILABLE.
...
It passes ALL of the tests for random number generators and has a period of 2^144, is completely portable (gives bit identical results on all machines with at least 24-bit mantissas in the floating point representation).

so if you are looking for a deterministic, long-period pseudo-random number generator, perhaps this is it.
- j