=?utf-8?Q?Dagfinn_Ilmari_Manns=C3=A5ker?= writes:
> Dean Rasheed writes:
>> I think it'd be sufficient to just say that it's a deterministic
>> pseudorandom number generator. I don't see much value in documenting
>> the internal algorithm used.
> WFM on both points.
Sold then, I'll make it so.
Dean Rasheed writes:
> On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 at 20:20, Tom Lane wrote:
>>
>> >> How about we just say "uses a linear-feedback shift register algorithm"?
>
> I think it'd be sufficient to just say that it's a deterministic
> pseudorandom number generator. I don't see much value in documenting
> the
Fabien COELHO writes:
>>> How about we just say "uses a linear-feedback shift register algorithm"?
>> I think it'd be sufficient to just say that it's a deterministic
>> pseudorandom number generator. I don't see much value in documenting
>> the internal algorithm used.
> Hmmm… I'm not so sure.
How about we just say "uses a linear-feedback shift register algorithm"?
I think it'd be sufficient to just say that it's a deterministic
pseudorandom number generator. I don't see much value in documenting
the internal algorithm used.
Hmmm… I'm not so sure. ISTM that people interested in us
On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 at 20:20, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> >> How about we just say "uses a linear-feedback shift register algorithm"?
I think it'd be sufficient to just say that it's a deterministic
pseudorandom number generator. I don't see much value in documenting
the internal algorithm used.
> > Sho
=?utf-8?Q?Dagfinn_Ilmari_Manns=C3=A5ker?= writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> How about we just say "uses a linear-feedback shift register algorithm"?
> That works for me. Nice and simple, and not overly specific. Should we
> perhaps also add a warning that the same seed is not guaranteed to
> produ
Tom Lane writes:
> =?utf-8?Q?Dagfinn_Ilmari_Manns=C3=A5ker?= writes:
>> I just noticed that the since the random() rewrite¹, the documentation's
>> claim² that it "uses a simple linear congruential algorithm" is no
>> longer accurate (xoroshiro128** is an xorshift variant, which is a
>> linear-f
=?utf-8?Q?Dagfinn_Ilmari_Manns=C3=A5ker?= writes:
> I just noticed that the since the random() rewrite¹, the documentation's
> claim² that it "uses a simple linear congruential algorithm" is no
> longer accurate (xoroshiro128** is an xorshift variant, which is a
> linear-feedback shift register al
