Sampling algorithms for D

Dmitry Olshansky dmitry.olsh at gmail.com
Thu Apr 12 14:34:35 PDT 2012


On 12.04.2012 20:59, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:
> On 12/04/12 16:45, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:
>> What I thought I'd do is implement some clever algorithms for random
>> sampling
>> which I've already done in a C based on the GNU Scientific Library.
>
> I noticed that there is already a randomSample class in std.random,
> which by the look of it is using Knuth's Algorithm S. Would there be any
> interest in my adapting Vitter's Algorithms A and D (as in my library)
> for Phobos in order to make this function more efficient?

Aye, and in general community does appreciate any enhancements via pull 
requests on github:
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language

-- 
Dmitry Olshansky


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