Random Number Update

[Andreas Abel]

 > I got used to some randomized synthesized
 > sounds and randomized melodies such that I already noticed changes in
 > the random generator implementation.

Can't be very random, if you can get used to it, no?
:)  [Couldn't resist].

On 24.01.2017 21:53, Henning Thielemann wrote:
>
> On Tue, 24 Jan 2017, Dominic Steinitz wrote:
>
>> 2. Most people do *not* use it. I believe
>>    https://hackage.haskell.org/package/mwc-random is a popular choice
>>    but developers are free to use e.g. Mersenne Twister, PCG
>>    (Permuted Congruential Generator), TF (ThreeFish) and many others.
>
> I have used the plain old System.Random exclusively for years now and
> did not encounter any problems, but I also did not watch for them. I
> used System.Random for Markov chains, audio noise generation, randomized
> algorithmic music, board game computer opponents etc. I'd like to keep a
> default random generator for the many cases where I don't care about the
> precise algorithm. That said, I got used to some randomized synthesized
> sounds and randomized melodies such that I already noticed changes in
> the random generator implementation.
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