I got it from here: https://code.google.com/p/go/source/detail?r=3bf9ffdcca1f9585f28dcf0e4ca1c75ea29e18be. Apparently it's a linear feedback shift register, and was used in Newsqueak.

On Sunday, 10 November 2013 at 09:42:30 UTC, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:
On 10/11/13 05:31, logicchains wrote:
The former produces better random numbers, but it's possible that it may be slower.

Ahh, makes sense. Where did you get the particular RNG you used? I don't recognize it.

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