Random number generator

[Rick Ace]

In article <83943 at linus.UUCP>, ccel at chance.uucp (CCEL) writes:
> Does anyone have any ideas or any code that generates random numbers,
> or anyplace that I can check to find such code?
> 
>                Randy Tidd

Try Knuth, Seminumerical Algorithms.

Also, see June 1988 CACM for an article by Pierre L'Ecuyer, titled
   "Efficient and Portable Combined Random Number Generators"
There's theory and some practical examples you can put to use,
along with references at the end to other literature.

Rick Ace
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