From 350264571d7f355563a832a480b16aaab22287ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Flatt Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:16:32 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] reference: better info on random-number generator state space --- pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/reference/numbers.scrbl | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/reference/numbers.scrbl b/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/reference/numbers.scrbl index ba2cb2eb1a..93479e6881 100644 --- a/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/reference/numbers.scrbl +++ b/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/reference/numbers.scrbl @@ -943,8 +943,8 @@ In each case, the number is provided by the given pseudo-random number generator (which defaults to the current one, as produced by @racket[current-pseudo-random-generator]). The generator maintains an internal state for generating numbers. The random number generator -uses a 54-bit version of L'Ecuyer's MRG32k3a algorithm -@cite["L'Ecuyer02"]. +uses L'Ecuyer's MRG32k3a algorithm @cite["L'Ecuyer02"] that has a +state space of practically 192 bits. @history[#:changed "6.4"]{Added support for ranges.}}