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SmokeRand: new test suite for pseudorandom numbers generators (Announce)

posted by avoskov, 15.12.2025, 08:53

> You can also use newer
What it is advantage of RDTSCP over RDTSC? I use this instruction only in one-threaded mode to either measure performance or collect some entropy. I optionally use other newer instruction - RDSEED, but only in DJGPP, I've not added it in Open Watcom version. I use RDSEED and RDTSC also as fallbacks for platforms without system CSPRNG such as DOS to generate a seed for the internal Blake2s + ChaCha20 seeder.

Complete thread:

• SmokeRand: new test suite for pseudorandom numbers generators - avoskov, 15.12.2025, 00:12
  • SmokeRand: new test suite for pseudorandom numbers generators - Rugxulo, 15.12.2025, 05:34
    • SmokeRand: new test suite for pseudorandom numbers generators - avoskov, 15.12.2025, 08:53
      • SmokeRand: new test suite for pseudorandom numbers generators - Rugxulo, 15.12.2025, 11:22
        • SmokeRand: new test suite for pseudorandom numbers generators - avoskov, 15.12.2025, 12:06