I want to build a poker simulator. For this, I need a nice method to shuffle cards. A bit of googling shows that a good basic approach is the Fisher-Yates shuffle. Its O(n) and space efficient. But it depends on the quality of the PRNG. I am specifically concerned that the math/rand is only 64 bits of state. Since 52! <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factorial> ≈ 2^ 225.6 we really need at least 225 bits of state within the PRNG.
I can't be the first one to look for an algorithm to shuffle a single 52 card deck. What tools and/or approaches are suitable? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
