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From: gwyn@BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn, VLD/VMB)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re:  random number generators
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Date: 22 Oct 88 18:22:59 GMT
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Excuse me, but I would not call the CACM article "excellent".
The authors were simply trying to push for adoption of their
particular favorite as a "standard".  There are considerably
better random number generators available on BRL UNIX systems
if you know where to look.