From bc4c10df68398d26a4afc596e10c1fd218ce192e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mdw <mdw>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 11:28:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Amend the notes slightly.

---
 lcrand.h | 24 +++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lcrand.h b/lcrand.h
index 24429c6..a8128dd 100644
--- a/lcrand.h
+++ b/lcrand.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*-c-*-
  *
- * $Id: lcrand.h,v 1.1 1999/12/10 23:15:27 mdw Exp $
+ * $Id: lcrand.h,v 1.2 2000/06/17 11:28:51 mdw Exp $
  *
  * Simple linear congruential generator
  *
@@ -30,18 +30,14 @@
 /*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------* 
  *
  * $Log: lcrand.h,v $
+ * Revision 1.2  2000/06/17 11:28:51  mdw
+ * Amend the notes slightly.
+ *
  * Revision 1.1  1999/12/10 23:15:27  mdw
  * Noncryptographic random number generator.
  *
  */
 
-#ifndef CATACOMB_LCRAND_H
-#define CATACOMB_LCRAND_H
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-  extern "C" {
-#endif
-
 /*----- Notes on the linear congruential generator ------------------------*
  *
  * This pseudorandom number generator is simple, but has absolutely no
@@ -49,7 +45,10 @@
  * are required but cryptographic strength is not, for example when
  * generating numbers for use in primality tests.  To be honest, it's not
  * even particularly fast, although a certain amount of effort has been
- * expended on making it better than awfully slow.
+ * expended on making it better than awfully slow.  To put things in
+ * perspective, it can't quite spit bytes out as fast as OFB DES.  (Then
+ * again, bytes aren't its natural output format.)  Its main use is probably
+ * seeding a Fibonacci generator.
  *
  * There exists a fixed-point input @LCRAND_FIXEDPT@ -- when fed to the
  * generator it comes straight back out again.  All other inputs less than
@@ -65,6 +64,13 @@
  * The fixed point value is determined as %$c / (1 - a) \bmod p$%.
  */
 
+#ifndef CATACOMB_LCRAND_H
+#define CATACOMB_LCRAND_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+  extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 /*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 #include <mLib/bits.h>
-- 
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