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the pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) that V8 Javascript uses in Math.random() is horribly flawed and getting replaced with something a lot better. V8 is Google’s fast Javascript engine that ...
Math.random.seed(...) Adds additional seed data to the pseudo-random number generator. Any arguments are allowed (they'll be converted to String before being processed), otherwise Date will be used.
And they don't say the random number generator function in JavaScript -- Math.random() -- is broken. They say it "offers sub-par quality." Specifically, V8 used a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) ...
Altogether, precious few of the usual tools are well adapted to javascript. Some ingenuity is required if one wants good performance. I present several PRNGs that should have much better statistical ...
The JavaScript math object is used to perform mathematical operation. The Math object includes several mathematical methods. Below are certain math objects with ...
Over the years, multiple studies have found that Google Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine was returning not-so-random numbers when you called the Math.random() function. Today that’s been fixed ...