BBS random number generator

Kevin Ryde user42@zip.com.au
Mon, 27 Jan 2003 09:48:22 +1000


Gary Wong <gtw@gnu.org> writes:
>
> I see the BBS RNG patch I mailed last month has not yet been merged into
> the latest gmp-snap.

Been a bit slack lately.  Is your paperwork all in order?

> I'm happy to write documentation and test cases for it, but I want to
> make sure the code is acceptable before starting those.

I think it looked sound overall.

We'll definitely need documentation, something brief for users in the
random numbers chapter, and perhaps a summary or outline of the
algorithm and concept for the algorithms chapter.