haskell/mwc-random

A very fast Haskell library for generating high quality pseudo-random numbers.

Haskell

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updated Dec 30, 2025

hackage.haskell.org/package/mwc-random

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Efficient, general purpose pseudo-random number generation

This package provides the System.Random.MWC module, a Haskell library for generating high-quality pseudo-random numbers in a space- and time-efficient way.

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Please report bugs via the github issue tracker.

Master git repository:

git clone https://github.com/haskell/mwc-random.git

Authors

This library is written and maintained by Bryan O'Sullivan, bos@serpentine.com.

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haskell/mwc-random

A very fast Haskell library for generating high quality pseudo-random numbers.

Haskell

436 commits

updated Dec 30, 2025

hackage.haskell.org/package/mwc-random

See the code

README

Efficient, general purpose pseudo-random number generation

This package provides the System.Random.MWC module, a Haskell library for generating high-quality pseudo-random numbers in a space- and time-efficient way.