Re: [Boost-users] [random] Poisson generator

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [random] Poisson generator
From: Stefan Strasser (strasser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-09-14 08:24:43

Am Monday 14 September 2009 16:24:17 schrieb Steven Watanabe:
> AMDG
>
> Rupert Mazzucco wrote:
> > is there a reason the Poisson generator is no longer
> > mentioned in the documentation for 1.40.0? It seems to
> > be there and working.
>
> I don't think that the Poisson distribution was ever mentioned
> in the documentation.  Please create a ticket at svn.boost.org.
>

a little OT: is there a random number generator in boost.random that is 
comparable to rand()?
I recently needed some low-quality random numbers, and every random number 
generated in boost.random I tried was way too slow, slower than the 
alternative I tried to avoid by using random numbers (a mutex lock).
so I ended up writing an own rand() function, as C rand() has global state so 
it can't be used from multiple threads.