Re: Mersenne Twister support

From: Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 00:18:56 +0000
Subject: Re: Mersenne Twister support
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On Dec 21, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > Unless this is a new implementation of the algorithm, this should > > be broken out into its own file. Last time I looked, the 'reference' > > MT code was under the GPL, so it needs to be seperable from the > > other parts of PHP (like numbers.c is). > > Actually, it sounds like it is under the LGPL. I'll have to read that > license again to figure out whether we need to split it apart. What do > you think? Okay, my mistake, the original MT code apparently is under the LGPL now. (I seem to remember when I looked at it long ago, it was under the 'regular' GPL.) It would still be nice to have it in a seperate file, but it's not a big deal. Jim -- PHP Development Mailing List http://www.php.net/ To unsubscribe send an empty message to php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For help: php-dev-help@lists.php.net

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