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Updated Lib rand (markdown)

huonw
2013-04-28 23:29:07 -07:00
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@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ Generating random numbers, and sampling from random distributions.
2. Standard: _standard_
- _link to docs_
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1. Technique: Generating random bits (i.e `u32` or `u64`)
1. Technique: Generating random bits/numbers (i.e `u32` or `u64`)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_random_number_generators
- [ISAAC/ISAAC-64 RNG](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISAAC_%28cipher%29)
- http://burtleburtle.net/bob/rand/isaacafa.html
- ISAAC is the main RNG used in rust at the moment
@@ -48,10 +49,14 @@ Generating random numbers, and sampling from random distributions.
3. Language: R (statistical language, so much broader random number support than necessary)
- http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/base/html/Random.html
- http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/stats/html/Distributions.html
4. Language: Julia (also a statistical language)
- https://github.com/JuliaStats/Distributions.jl
4. Language: D
- http://dlang.org/phobos/std_random.html (no support for sampling from distributions other than uniform, but many RNGs)
5. Language: Go
- http://golang.org/pkg/math/rand/
6. Language: Erlang
- https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/rust-dev/2013-April/003881.html
4. Library: [GSL](https://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/manual/html_node/)
- https://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/manual/html_node/Random-Number-Generation.html
- https://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/manual/html_node/Random-Number-Distributions.html