Different random shuffles generated when compiled with gdc than with dmd
Kagamin via Digitalmars-d-learn
digitalmars-d-learn at puremagic.com
Mon Jun 2 05:14:37 PDT 2014
On Sunday, 1 June 2014 at 12:11:22 UTC, Ivan Kazmenko wrote:
> I second the thought that reproducibility across different
> versions is an important feature of any random generation
> library. Sadly, I didn't use a language yet which supported
> such a flavor of reproducibility for a significant period of
> time in its default random library, so I have to use my own
> randomness routines when it matters.
It can be done by using standardized algorithms like one in FIPS
186-2. Because it's standardized, it can't be improved.
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