[Numeric] Random Number Generation

[Dominic Steinitz]

FYI and please chip in

> Edward Kmett <ekmett <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
>  >  * random
> > 
> >  We've had some truly excellent work done over the last couple of
> >  years on how to deal with "splitting" a random number generator in a
> >  cryptographically sound manner. I spent some time cleaning up a few
> >  outstanding issues for this package personally over the summer, but
> >  have not had nearly enough time to devote to the issue of how to
> >  integrate the outcome of the recent research on splitting, while
> >  simultaneously caring about performance and soundness.
> 
> I finally managed to get some time to start looking at this. I have
> created a ticket here
> 
> https://github.com/haskell/random/issues/25
> 
> Please add comments and any information you think Carter and I might
> find helpful.
> 
> I discovered the package has some benchmarks that are 3+ years old. At
> the moment, I am not sure what they are telling me. If anyone has any
> background / views please chip in.
> 
> Dominic.

Dominic Steinitz
dominic at steinitz.org
http://idontgetoutmuch.wordpress.com

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