[Python-checkins] python/nondist/sandbox/twister NEWS,1.1,1.2

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Sat, 28 Dec 2002 23:38:36 -0800


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Gave Raymond some hard-earned credit!


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*** NEWS	24 Dec 2002 05:17:11 -0000	1.1
--- NEWS	29 Dec 2002 07:38:34 -0000	1.2
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*** 1,6 ****
! - random.random() now uses a new core generator.  The Mersenne Twister
!   algorithm is implemented in C (in the module _random), is threadsafe,
!   is faster than the previous generator, has a much longer period
!   (2**19937-1), and creates random floats to a full 53-bit precision.
  
    The random.jumpahead(n) method has different semantics for the new
--- 1,8 ----
! - Thanks to Raymond Hettinger, random.random() now uses a new core
!   generator.  The Mersenne Twister algorithm is implemented in C,
!   threadsafe, faster than the previous generator, has an astronomically
!   large period (2**19937-1), creates random floats to full 53-bit
!   precision, and may be the most widely tested random number generator
!   in existence.
  
    The random.jumpahead(n) method has different semantics for the new