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From: "Robert I. Eachus" <eachus@mitre.org>
Subject: Re: Ada Versions of A.5 (Numerics Packages)
Date: 1999/10/19
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In article <7tvp2i$9aa1@news.cis.okstate.edu>, dvdeug@x8b4e53cd. (David
Starner) wrote:
> You might want to check out Mats Weber's Component package -
> lglwww.epfl.ch/Team/MW/mw_components.html. It has a nice random package
> in there in pure Ada, and licensed under the GNAT-modified
> GPL.

    I checked this out, and it is a "standard" LCG that is about what I
(and the original authors) consider a minimally acceptable generator. 
There are better generators available in Ada, including the one in GNAT.
;-)

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                                        Robert I. Eachus

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