[Caml-list] Random number generator

2008-09-30 Thread MichaƂ C
Hello! Do You maybe have any idea how good is the standard RNG from random.ml module? I know that it's quite fast but what about the quality of generated numbers? I've tried implementing various random number generators for the whole yesterday but I couldn't bypass ocaml's int limitations

Re: [Caml-list] Random number generator

2008-09-30 Thread Till Varoquaux
It apparently [1] passed the die hard test so it should be pretty solid. Now here comes the warning: one can only prove that PRNG are bad, withstanding the test of time is the best hint fir quality. Random numbers are a tricky subject; if you are using them for your ray tracer a low-discrepancy seq