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