Re: Selecting parameters for LCGs

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Perry E. Metzger (perry@piermont.com)
02 Feb 1999 13:19:55 -0500


bram <bram@gawth.com> writes:
> Is RC4 any slower than a linear congruential generator? If not, then you
> certainly have a point.

Very slightly.

> I think LCPRNG's are really uber-fast in hardware, since they parallelize
> so well.

In hardware, RC4 would go as fast as you could conceivably use the
bits...

Perry


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