Re: [hackers] [PATCH 1/2] Add libutil/random.c for fast PCG-based PRNG

From: Elie Le Vaillant <eolien55_AT_disroot.org>
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 12:06:54 +0100

On Sat Dec 21, 2024 at 9:17 AM CET, NRK wrote:
> I don't really understand this ifdef. What does this get? Since you
> don't need cryptographic guarantees, it gets you pretty much nothing
> (while it does have costs since CSPRNG are often slower due to
> cryptographic nature).
>
> So this is just more code to get nothing in return. Not very suckless.
> And not sensible in general either IMO.

I agree.

Elie Le Vaillant
Received on Sat Dec 21 2024 - 12:06:54 CET

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