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

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [random] Poisson generator
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-09-14 11:30:58

AMDG

Stefan Strasser wrote:
> 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.
>   

There are several linear congruential generators:
minstd_rand0, minstd_rand, and rand48 all
defined in boost/random/linear_congruential.hpp

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe