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From: "robin" <robi...@dodo.com.au>
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Subject: Re: Implementing the KISS4691 RNG
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 19:36:21 +1000
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"Ian Collins" <ian-n...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:8ejqjaFhq7U6@mid.individual.net...
| On 09/ 6/10 09:22 PM, robin wrote:

| > It's for 32 bit words.
| > As previously, for longer words, it's necessary to truncate.
|
| Then it shouldn't make assumptions about the sizes of types.

It doesn't.
Find the phrase "in mod 2^32 arithmetic" in George's posting.