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   antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) writes:   
      
   [...]   
   > There is a paper "PCG:  A Family of Simple Fast Space-Efficient   
   > Statistically Good Algorithms for Random Number Generation"   
   > by M. O?Neill where she gives a family of algorithms and runs   
   > several statistical tests against known algorithms.  Mersenne   
   > Twister does not look good in tests.  If you have enough (128) bits   
   > LCGs do pass tests.  A bunch of generators with 64-bit state also   
   > passes tests.  So the only reason to prefer Mersenne Twister is   
   > that it is implemented in available libraries.  Otherwise it is   
   > not so good, have large state and needs more execution time   
   > than alternatives.   
      
   Interesting paper.  Thank you.   
      
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