From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Random generator?
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 19:16:15 +0000
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George Foot wrote:
> 
> John Aldrich told you about the libc functions; if you were more
> interested in algorithms to generate random numbers I'd suggest you get
> (or rather, borrow) Knuth's Seminumerical Algorithms - The Art of Computer
> Programming, Volume 2. Half the book is about random numbers, how to
> generate them, how random they are, etc. Only get this if you are heavily
> into mathematics, though!

A MUD server that I'm working with (yes, the one I keep going on and on
about) uses something called the Mitchell-Moore algorithm, from Knuth
Volume II.  I don't quite understand the mathematics myself, but it's an
exceptional RNG; I recommend looking at it closely.

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