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Document number: N3847

Date: 2014-01-01

Random Number Generation is Not Simple!

by Walter E. Brown

Excerpt:

We discuss several approaches to the modern generation of random numbers using the facilities in the C++11 standard library header <random>, and solicit feedback from LEWG and LWG as to which, if any, are suitable candidates for future standardization efforts.