Re: [Boost-users] Newbie question: Random numbers.

From: admin_at_[hidden]
Date: 2006-05-19 12:52:35

> Well, that's why one would typically combine as many entropy sources as
> possible using a hash function (MD5, SHA, even boost::hash if 32 bits are
> enough.) :-)
>
> For more demanding uses there's always CryptGenRandom, or RtlGenRandom on
> XP+. On VC 8.0 there's also rand_s.

How about Mersenne Twister by math profs at Hiroshima U.:
http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/emt.html