Absolutely. The task (“generate a random number”) is ill-defined. Want a fast random number? Use 552015933 (I just retrieved it from random.org).
Want a true random number, use random.org API. (https://api.random.org/pricing). Something in between, follow approaches Stefan suggests. — Gerard Weatherby | Application Architect NMRbox | NAN | Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics UConn Health 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-6406 uchc.edu On Jul 26, 2022, 11:45 AM -0400, Stefan Ram <r...@zedat.fu-berlin.de>, wrote: *** Attention: This is an external email. Use caution responding, opening attachments or clicking on links. *** Cecil Westerhof <ce...@decebal.nl> writes: I need to get a random integer. There are all kinds of trade-offs. When you need entropy, the function sometimes has to collect data from hardware, which takes some time. Pseudo-random integers sometimes can be calculated faster. As a compromise, you can get some entropy and use it to initialize ("seed") a pseudo-random number generator and then get some pseudo-random numbers until you seed it again. A linear-congruential generator should be fast enough, but in some cases might not be random enough. -- https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list__;!!Cn_UX_p3!kjJ7U6kkSW8uOTWJCnHeXn0Acczd619asmIrVMA_NOqvP_JMqqQ1Rpp61sptQucbOuEFGb6ot499_FqaRajiS9s$ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
