[Python-ideas] Re: Better (?) PRNG

2022-11-16 Thread James Johnson
These are very many reasons that Python PRNG is indeed adequate. Maybe documentation for amateurs and newbies could be improved so that they get the best results possible without knowing how much work it is. How to call the built in PRNG seems to change a good bit. As for the hack: I feel obliga

[Python-ideas] Re: Better (?) PRNG

2022-11-16 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
James Johnson writes: > The scholars here are referencing white papers and using hardware and > software interchangeably (?) I am not a randomization expert, and I do not > seek academic recognition. It's a novel hack is all, I'm no expert either, but hash functions and PRNGs have been around