Sebastian Żurek wrote: > Hi All, > > Has anyone worked with the RandomArray module? I wonder, > if it's OK to use its pseudo-random numbers generators, or > maybe I shall find more trusted methods (ie. ran1 from Numerical Recipes)?
At this point in time, I don't recommend using RandomArray if you can avoid it. The RANLIB library that underlies it is quite well respected, but it is also quite old. The field has moved on since it was written. ran1 is no better. If you can make the leap to numpy instead of Numeric, the PRNG we use is the Mersenne Twister which beats the pants off RANLIB and anything from NR. -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion
