=?utf-8?Q?Dagfinn_Ilmari_Manns=C3=A5ker?= <ilm...@ilmari.org> 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 algorithm).
> I don't have a suggestion for the exact wording, since I don't know > whether xoroshiro128** qualifies as "simple", or to what level of > specificity we want to document the algorithm. How about we just say "uses a linear-feedback shift register algorithm"? "Simple" is in the eye of the beholder anyway. regards, tom lane