Re: More on Random Number Generators in Euphoria

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On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 13:22:01 -0500, Everett Williams wrote:

>Has anybody run the Euphoria RNG through the Diehard test?

I decided to go ahead and look into this.  The Diehard test is looking for
32-bit random numbers...  The problem with Euphoria's 'rand' function is
that it will only produce random numbers up to 0x3FFFFFF (instead of
0xFFFFFFFF).  What would be an acceptable method to obtain the required
range?  Is it acceptable to generate two 16-bit random numbers and
concatenate them?  Does anybody have any other valid suggestions?  I could
try all suggested methods and see what works best...

-- Brian

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