Yes. The problem with an in-process RNG and forking is that the RNG state is dup...

slavik81 on May 7, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: A Taste of JavaScript's New Parallel Primitives

Yes. The problem with an in-process RNG and forking is that the RNG state is duplicated, so both processes get the same sequence of numbers. Multithreading just needs locking to prevent corruption because the state is shared.

brazzledazzle on May 8, 2016 [–]

Thanks for taking the time to explain.