/* lrand(3) * * Author: Terrence W. Holm Nov. 1988 * * * A prime modulus multiplicative linear congruential * generator (PMMLCG), or "Lehmer generator". * Implementation directly derived from the article: * * S. K. Park and K. W. Miller * Random Number Generators: Good Ones are Hard to Find * CACM vol 31, #10. Oct. 1988. pp 1192-1201. * * * Using the following multiplier and modulus, we obtain a * generator which: * * 1) Has a full period: 1 to 2^31 - 2. * 2) Is testably "random" (see the article). * 3) Has a known implementation by E. L. Schrage. */ #include _PROTOTYPE( long seed, (long lseed)); _PROTOTYPE( long lrand, (void)); #define A 16807L /* A "good" multiplier */ #define M 2147483647L /* Modulus: 2^31 - 1 */ #define Q 127773L /* M / A */ #define R 2836L /* M % A */ PRIVATE long _lseed = 1L; long seed(lseed) long lseed; { long previous_seed = _lseed; _lseed = lseed; return(previous_seed); } long lrand() { _lseed = A * (_lseed % Q) - R * (_lseed / Q); if (_lseed < 0) _lseed += M; return(_lseed); }