On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Steve Lionel wrote:
> DIGITAL Visual Fortran uses the L'ecuyer algorithm as described in:
>
> Pierre L'ecuyer.
> Efficient and Portable Combined Random Number Generators
> Communications of the ACM vol 31 num 6 June 1988.
[snip]
> I've corresponded with Ken Hamilton on this - he sent me a copy of the report
> Bob refers to - and Ken says that the L'ecuyer algorithm is significantly better
> than those he reviewed.
Kudo's to Digital. This is the first compiler-supplied generator I have
heard of that is good enough for most simulations.
--Stu Anderson
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