Re: [boost] [random] parallel random number generators

Subject: Re: [boost] [random] parallel random number generators
From: Thijs (M.A.) van den Berg (thijs_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-01-23 15:06:30

On Jan 23, 2012, at 8:46 PM, Francisco L. Silva wrote:
>> Is there any development activity on parallel random number
>> generators in boost?
> 
> I am not aware of such a development. However, you might try TRNG, see
> http://numbercrunch.de/trng/ .
> 
Thanks Heiko,
it does indeed look like we need to find an alternative lib than something available in boost

On Jan 23, 2012, at 8:46 PM, Francisco L. Silva wrote:
> Although it's not listed here:
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_48_0/doc/html/boost_random/reference.html,
> 
> I can find a suggestive header over here:
> https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/random/boost/random/
> 
> But I don't know any status about it, maybe forgotten on the boost sandbox.

Interesting! The seems to have been an attempt, but that code has ©2006, so it's very old