🎲 Here we talk about (pseudo-)random number generation. We briefly look at how to generate those correctly in modern C++ and why using rand() is not the best idea.
📚 Slides: github.com/cpp-for-yourself/s...
🎓 More on C++ reference website: en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/num...
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- Technical report on random number generation: www.pcg-random.org/pdf/hmc-cs...
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Contents:
00:00 - Intro
00:24 - What are random numbers
01:00 - Pseudo-random numbers
02:07 - How to generate random numbers in C++
04:19 - Example
06:32 - Why not use rand()?
09:16 - Outro