Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Rod Pemberton" Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: LC53, a respectable random generator? Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 04:57:22 -0500 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <5290d6f8$0$3170$e4fe514c@dreader36.news.xs4all.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: CNsg4fVcCsvs3UaOgZtQCw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:26923 On Sat, 23 Nov 2013 11:25:28 -0500, Albert van der Horst wrote: > In the wikipedia entry about Linear congruential generators > there is an entry with a Forth implementation : LC53. > > There is no theoretical motivation or test results behind it, > except a statement of Hugh Aguilar: > " invented it". LOL. Classic. > and > " > \ PRNG is not suitable for encryption; it is intended to > be used in games and simulations. > " ... > It has nothing to offer over the first generator mentioned (from > Numerical Recipees) : less trusted source, slower implementation, > smaller period. It has with a high probability, never been used in > a program with some notoriety. ROFL! You wrote a "this has no purpose" clause for him! Or, was that the obligatory "this sucks" clause? Now, I'm confused... Sorry Hugh, too funny, not that you care... Rod Pemberton