[Vxl-maintainers] Re: Random number generation

[Peter V. <Pet...@es...>]

> If we need a fast but crappy generator, an
>
> inline vnl_sample_fast()
>
> with a simple lcrng would probably be a good plan?
> Although.... just read this on gamasutra:
> ...

Well, it's probably a good idea to collect several RNGs in a
single header (and/or source) file in vnl, then it's up to
the user to choose.

One simple RNG is already in vnl_sample:
vnl_sample_seed = (vnl_sample_seed*16807)%2147483647L;


	Peter.