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2014-07-13 05:56:46 +0100 commented answer Fast (uniform) random integer generation

It doesn't actually seem to be as fast as numpy, which runs in about a 40th of the time in my benchmark.

2014-07-13 05:56:09 +0100 commented answer Fast (uniform) random integer generation

Looks like the last of these is the fastest, thanks.

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2014-07-11 19:34:54 +0100 asked a question Fast (uniform) random integer generation

I'm doing some largish experiments involving randomness, and I think random number generation may be the bottleneck. Is there a way to make the random number generator significantly faster without sacrificing the validity of results? I don't especially care that the RNG be cryptographically secure or anything like that.