alt Hacker NewsI don't know about all that, but I use Marsaglias for generating noise samples in MCUs like Pico. It's the fastest option there is for such devices.
I don't know about all that, but I use Marsaglias for generating noise samples in MCUs like Pico. It's the fastest option there is for such devices.
I agree! For many games (especially the ones running on old devices), xorshifts are pretty good! Not all applications need cryptographically safe generators! And sometimes it's ok to trade complexity for speed!
But I agree that if you're building something new aimed for modern devices, Marsaglia's xorshift128 wouldn't be my first choice! But I'd definitely want it in my RNG library for backward compatibility!