Erlang: Fast random integers

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A new Erlang blog post/announcement has been posted!

When you need “random” integers, and it is essential to generate them fast and cheap; then maybe the full featured Pseudo Random Number Generators in the rand module are overkill. This blog post will dive in to new additions to the said module, how the Just-In-Time compiler optimizes them, known tricks, and tries to compare these apples and potatoes.

Contents

• Speed over quality?
• Suggested solutions
• Quality
• Storing the state
• Seeding
• JIT optimizations
• Implementing a PRNG
• rand_SUITE:measure/1
• Measurement results
• Summary...

Get the full details here: Fast random integers - Erlang/OTP