Proposal: Move 'split' into a separate class in System.Random

[Brandon S Allbery KF8NH]

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On 9/14/10 23:44 , Isaac Dupree wrote:
> (Oh now I see Ivan mentions existing PRNGs that don't (can't?) support
> split... that may be a reasonable argument; I'll have to think about it; is
> this the main motivation? or just one observation among many?)

I think it's the main one; that things like the Mersenne twister can't be
made instances of Random has stuck in people's craws for a while.

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