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2016-03-15update copyright-yearHenrik Nord
2015-11-20Merge branch 'riverrun/maint' into maintZandra
* riverrun/maint: Recommend against using crypto:rand_bytes
2015-11-06Recommend against using crypto:rand_bytesDavid Whitlock
2015-11-04Fix typos and grammarDerek Brown
2015-11-04[stdlib] Correct documentationHans Bolinder
Fix mistakes found by 'xmllint'.
2015-06-18Change license text to APLv2Bruce Yinhe
2015-04-30stdlib: Document and add normal distributed random value functionDan Gudmundsson
It is needed in various tests. It uses the Ziggurat algorithm, which is the fastest that I know.
2015-03-20Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new APIRickard Green
2013-04-19Convert XML files to UTF-8Hans Bolinder
2011-10-18Merge branch 'sverker/random-improved-algo'Sverker Eriksson
* sverker/random-improved-algo: Improve algorithm in module random. Fix a bug in the implementation of the pseudo-random number generator OTP-8713
2011-05-12rHans Bolinder
Use Erlang specs and types for documentation
2011-03-28Improve algorithm in module random.Sverker Eriksson
Avoid seed values that are even divisors of the primes and by that prevent getting seeds that are stuck on zero. Example: random:seed(0,0,0) would produce a series of only zeros.
2009-11-20The R13B03 release.OTP_R13B03Erlang/OTP