Fast pseudo random generator without state in Go. Average execution time is 6ns (opens in new tab)

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4 pointsmiovoid10y ago3 comments

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Kristine197510y ago· 2 in thread

It returns the lowest n bits of the CPU's time stamp counter. x86-64 only.

jerf10y ago

Thank you. miovid/miolini, you need to say that in the documentation. Probably even spell out some of the implications. There may be times when this is useful, but people need to go in with open eyes about what they're getting.

miolini10y ago

I've used it for multithread lock-free queues. It's working well for my case.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse