From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Yannick_Duch=C3=AAne_=28Hibou57?= =?utf-8?Q?=29?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: =?utf-8?B?4oCcQSBDb21wYXJpc29uIG9mIEZvdXIgUHNldWRvIFJhbmRvbSBOdW1iZXI=?= =?utf-8?B?IEdlbmVyYXRvcnMgSW1wbGVtZW50ZWQgaW4gQWRh4oCd?= Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 21:28:32 +0200 Organization: Ada @ Home Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: cJily9RRGDkFRIATpG/lqA.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:16435 Date: 2013-07-19T21:28:32+02:00 List-Id: I was searching the web for simple pseudo=E2=80=91random number generato= r suitable = for Monte Carlo simulation, when I found a paper comparing some PRNG = implemented in Ada. Don't know if it well suited for simulation and = =E2=80=9Ccalculation=E2=80=9D based on random input, but probably always= worth to be = mentioned here :-p =E2=80=9CA Comparison of Four Pseudo Random Number Generators Implemente= d in Ada=E2=80=9D http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=3D10.1.1.21.7884&rep=3D= rep1&type=3Dpdf William N. Graham April 1999 Ada source is provided at the end of the document. -- = =E2=80=9CSyntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.=E2=80=9D [1] =E2=80=9CStructured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.= =E2=80=9D [1] [1]: Epigrams on Programming =E2=80=94 Alan J. =E2=80=94 P. Yale Univers= ity