When you need “random” integers, and it is essential to generate them fast and cheap; then maybe the full featured Pseudo Random Number Generators in the rand module are overkill. This blog post will dive in to new additions to the said module, how the Just-In-Time compiler optimizes them, known tricks, and tries to compare these apples and potatoes.| Erlang/OTP
Generating data with entropy, or random number generation (RNG), is a well-known difficult problem. Many crypto algorithms and protocols assumes random data is available. There are many implementations out there, including /dev/random in the BSD and Linux kernels and API Continue reading Dice Random Numbers→| Simon Josefsson's blog