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perl-Math-Random-ISAAC

Perl interface to the ISAAC PRNG algorithm

About perl-Math-Random-ISAAC

Perl interface to the ISAAC PRNG algorithm

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openSUSE Leap 15.6: 1 package records; openSUSE Leap 16.0: 1 package records; openSUSE Tumbleweed: 1 package records. Catalog coverage diagram, not an application screenshot.perl-Math-Random-ISAAC: recorded package coverageopenSUSE Leap 15.61 recordsopenSUSE Leap 16.01 recordsopenSUSE Tumbleweed1 records
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Project identity

Project
perl-Math-Random-ISAAC
Publisher
Not authoritatively mapped
Native package records
3
Operating systems
opensuse-leap-15-6, opensuse-leap-16-0, opensuse-tumbleweed
License expression
GPL-2.0+ or Artistic-1.0
Metadata completeness
100/100 (not a software quality rating)
Source repository
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Source-reported description

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As with other Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) algorithms like the Mersenne Twister (see Math::Random::MT), this algorithm is designed to take some seed information and produce seemingly random results as output. However, ISAAC (Indirection, Shift, Accumulate, Add, and Count) has different goals than these commonly used algorithms. In particular, it's really fast - on average, it requires only 18.75 machine cycles to generate a 32-bit value. This makes it suitable for applications where a significant amount of random data needs to be produced quickly, such solving using the Monte Carlo method or for games. The results are uniformly distributed, unbiased, and unpredictable unless you know the seed. The algorithm was published by Bob Jenkins in the late 90s and despite the best efforts of many security researchers, no feasible attacks have been found to date.

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openSUSE Leap 15.6

  1. perl-Math-Random-ISAAC

    openSUSE Leap 15.6 / Development/Libraries/Perl / source perl-Math-Random-ISAAC

    1.004-bp156.3.1

    Perl interface to the ISAAC PRNG algorithm

    noarchleap-15.6

openSUSE Leap 16.0

  1. perl-Math-Random-ISAAC

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / Development/Libraries/Perl / source perl-Math-Random-ISAAC

    1.004-bp160.1.11

    Perl interface to the ISAAC PRNG algorithm

    noarchleap-16.0

openSUSE Tumbleweed

  1. perl-Math-Random-ISAAC

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / Development/Libraries/Perl / source perl-Math-Random-ISAAC

    1.004-2.32

    Perl interface to the ISAAC PRNG algorithm

    noarchtumbleweed

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