Re: Replacing rand()
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- Subject: Re: Replacing rand()
- From: "Adam D. Moss" <adam@...>
- Date: 2004年2月23日 21:36:35 +0000
Brian Hook wrote:
Do you know of any comprehensive analysis of your FNV-1a
implementation against standards for randomness?
Nope...
> MT isn't
cryptographically secure (natively) either, but if FNV-1a is better
than rand() (which shouldn't be that difficult given how bad rand()
is),
I can't really say whether fnvrand is better than rand(), because
rand() varies from system to system (glibc's is pretty good in
most regards apart from speed, I understand). I somewhat doubt that
it's as 'random' as MT, but I'm always ready to be surprised.
> (and assuming the license is compatible).
If it's not then I chose the wrong license.
--Adam
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