#rng #weak #generator #linear #congruential #copying #mmix

nightly weakrand

A very weak linear congruential generator (MMIX's) RNG

4 stable releases

Uses old Rust 2015

1.2.0 Jun 21, 2017
1.1.0 Jun 21, 2017
1.0.1 Jun 18, 2017

#16 in #weak

Apache-2.0/MIT

7KB

This is the README file for the weakrand distribution. weakrand is a library for a very weak RNG.

Copyright (C) 2017 Steven Stewart-Gallus

Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.

weakrand is a library for a very weak non-uniform RNG. It is just a simple linear congruential generator (it uses Donald Knuth's MMIX's constants.) Its only saving grace is that is fast.

weakrand is free software. See the file COPYING for copying conditions.

Dependencies

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