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From: hasker@m.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re:Random Number Generation
Message-ID: <7200180@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
Date: 8 Jan 90 01:38:22 GMT
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> /* Written  5:27 pm  Jan  6, 1990 by asaph@TAURUS.BITNET in m.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.amiga */
> /* ---------- "Re:Random Number Generation" ---------- */
> 
> The following program uses a random number generator described in
> communications of the ACM. It is considered a good one. If anyone
> is interested I might be persuaded to look up the exact issue and
> author.
> 
> 

The reference is CACM Oct 1988, p. 1192.  The routine is supposed to be
very portable, does not overflow, and has a full cycle length.


Rob Hasker			University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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