[Haskell-cafe] Stable Random Number Generator?

[Ken Bateman]

I agree with the answers so far. I just want to warn you away from the
default Random class instances for basic datatypes from the random
package.  They are not guaranteed stable across library versions.  Their
implementations have changed.

On Sep 10, 2016 4:08 AM, "Stephen Tetley" <stephen.tetley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jerzy Karczmarzcuk has often mentioned ergodic functions on this
> mailing list which have the stability properties you are after, and
> for the generation of graphics and the like their "not quite
> randomness" should have no dishonour.
>
>
> You should be able to crib the one (written in Clean) from this paper.
> https://karczmarczuk.users.greyc.fr/arpap/texturf.pdf
>
> On 10 September 2016 at 04:12, Christopher Howard <ch.howard at zoho.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi. What would be a good library if I want a pseudo-RNG which is stable
> > across platforms and compiler versions? By "stable" I mean always
> produces
> > the same values after being given a particular seed. I have a number of
> > projects which involve generating some kind of pattern or graphic, where
> the
> > algorithm is either fed values from a RNG, or starts with initial
> conditions
> > generated by an RNG. So, I want an RNG which which produce the same
> results
> > when different users on different systems enter the same seed.
> >
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> >
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