Your Opinion about Jean-Marc Baillard's RNGs

[Namir]

(03-03-2017 01:18 AM)Chris Hanson Wrote:  There has been a lot of work in PRNGs in the last decade or so.

Many older PRNGs, particularly the simpler ones, are no longer considered adequate for many purposes, despite the fact that they pass the spectral test.

While there are many prominent researchers in this area, I have appreciated the work done by George Marsaglia. See the Wikipedia page for more information.

I do make a big distinction between simpler PRNGs for calculators and PRNGs for computer aplications. The two PRNGs belong in two different classes. The PRNGs by J.M Bailliard belong to vintage calculators and, in most likelihood, will not provide high-standard randomness for computer applications. Nevertheless, calculator PRNGs provide adequate random numbers for calculator games and simulations where the total number of random number generated is relatively small, compared to computer applications.