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Re: thread-safe random numbers...

From Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: thread-safe random numbers...
Date 2015-07-10 17:12 -0700
Organization None to speak of
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"Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> writes:
[...]
> You read my mind wrt trying to use different PRNG algorithms
> in each thread. There could be a "pool of algorithms" that
> threads choose from. After they make the choice they seed the
> selected PRNG and use it. Just a very simple idea.
>
> All of this functionality wrt choosing an algorithm and seeding
> it can be accomplished during the "constructor" of a thread's
> specific storage. tss_t in C11.
[...]

Why would you want to use a different *algorithm* in each thread?  Or
did you mean to say you'd use the same algorithm with a different seed
(and internal state) in each thread?

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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thread-safe random numbers... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-05-27 20:22 -0700
  Re: thread-safe random numbers... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-05-28 11:11 -0700
  Re: thread-safe random numbers... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-05-28 11:19 -0700
    Re: thread-safe random numbers... Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2015-05-29 07:28 +0200
  Re: thread-safe random numbers... James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-28 14:22 -0400
    Re: thread-safe random numbers... Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-28 12:38 -0700
      Re: thread-safe random numbers... James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-28 16:42 -0400
      Re: thread-safe random numbers... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-05-28 13:57 -0700
      Re: thread-safe random numbers... Nobody <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2015-05-29 22:42 +0100
  Re: thread-safe random numbers... Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-10 11:56 -0700
    Re: thread-safe random numbers... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-07-10 14:03 -0700
      Re: thread-safe random numbers... Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-11 13:44 -0700
  Re: thread-safe random numbers... "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-10 12:01 -0700
    Re: thread-safe random numbers... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-07-10 13:53 -0700
      Re: thread-safe random numbers... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-07-10 13:58 -0700
      Re: thread-safe random numbers... "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-10 14:04 -0700
        Re: thread-safe random numbers... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-07-10 14:23 -0700
          Re: thread-safe random numbers... Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-10 17:12 -0700
            Re: thread-safe random numbers... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-07-10 18:58 -0700
      Re: thread-safe random numbers... Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2015-07-11 11:13 +0200

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