java.util.Random implementation

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brian.wichmann

Is the random number algorithm used that of Knuth's original
version prior to 2002, or the version in the 2002 edition
of Volume 2 of The Art of Computer Programming? The Sun
documentation is not clear on this point.

Brian Wichmann.
 
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Ryan Stewart

Is the random number algorithm used that of Knuth's original
version prior to 2002, or the version in the 2002 edition
of Volume 2 of The Art of Computer Programming? The Sun
documentation is not clear on this point.
Check the source code.
 

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