Frank Denis b4b90af4e0 Switch rand.DefaultPrng to Xoshiro256++ (#9301) ...

Xoroshiro128+ is the current default non-cryptographic random
number generator.

This algorithm was designed to generate floating-point numbers, by
only using the top 53 bits. Lower bits have a significant bias, that
contradicts the documented properties for `rand.DefaultPrng`. This
also has implications on everything using `Random.fill()`, including
the way we generate random floating-point numbers.

In addition, Xoroshiro128+ has known issues. See for example:
- https://lemire.me/blog/2017/08/22/cracking-random-number-generators-xoroshiro128/
- https://www.pcg-random.org/posts/xoroshiro-fails-truncated.html

Xoshiro256++ addresses these issues, while remaining very fast.

2021-07-08 23:19:49 +02:00

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