On: PCG: a family of better random number generators

[joseraul]

One author of Xoroshiro has written a detailed (and harsh) analysis of PCG.

http://pcg.di.unimi.it/pcg.php

[lucb1e → joseraul]

Ouch. I did not know this was a competitive field: this description you linked is very harsh, while the table on the front page (from OP) is the exact opposite. As if both are trying to sell their product by trying to discredit the competition.

[slavik81 → lucb1e]

There's more, too. That seems to be a response to this: http://www.pcg-random.org/posts/implausible-output-from-xosh...

And there's a response to the response: http://www.pcg-random.org/posts/on-vignas-pcg-critique.html