Anybody else getting bombarded by multiple copies of this message? --- On Tue, 11/10/09, John Harrop <jharrop...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: John Harrop <jharrop...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Using agents and blocking I/O. > To: clojure@googlegroups.com > Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 8:45 AM > On Tue, Nov 10, > 2009 at 11:41 AM, John Harrop <jharrop...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > user=> (take 10 > (p-lazy-seq 3 true (thread-local-rand > 10)))(1 2 6 1 5 1 7 8 4 > 3) > This should generate the random numbers on > multiple threads, using multiple RNGs. In the limit, on > multicore hardware and with a slow enough RNG implementation > (e.g. SecureRandom), a consumer of that sequence might be > able to obtain and use random numbers faster than with > direct calls to the RNG implementation. > > Oh, and did I mention the random numbers should > also be more *secure*? There would be multiple SecureRandom > (or whatever) instances and which one is chosen to produce > a given random number will be essentially, well, random, > making it, if possible, even harder to guess the next random > number the consumer will use than if it just used one > SecureRandom instance directly. > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google > > Groups "Clojure" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > clojure@googlegroups.com > > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be > patient with your first post. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
