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sdevlin
on Feb 6, 2016
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Show HN: What parts of your code are not original
Why did you need to write an implementation of Mersenne Twister?
bpicolo
on Feb 6, 2016
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"No open source code."
Kluny
on Feb 6, 2016
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Yeah, we got that. But why did you need a Mersenne Twister?
tbabb
on Feb 7, 2016
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My understanding is that Mersenne Twister is kind of a gold standard for non-cryptographic PRNGs. Linear congruential generators are known to be rather poor, and only ideal where speed is critical and the quality doesn't matter.
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