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diff --git a/math/p5-Math-Random-MT-Auto/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-Random-MT-Auto/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..dfcec58a9baf --- /dev/null +++ b/math/p5-Math-Random-MT-Auto/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +The Mersenne Twister is a fast pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) +that is capable of providing large volumes (> 10^6004) of "high +quality" pseudorandom data to applications that may exhaust available +"truly" random data sources or system-provided PRNGs such as rand. + +This module provides PRNGs that are based on the Mersenne Twister. +There is a functional interface to a single, standalone PRNG, and an +OO interface (based on the inside-out object model as implemented by +the Object::InsideOut module) for generating multiple PRNG objects. +The PRNGs are self-seeding, automatically acquiring a (19968-bit) +random seed from user-selectable sources. + +WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-Random-MT-Auto/ |