[tex-live] [XeTeX] Random number primitives

[Karljürgen Feuerherm]

Of course. And while the harvest might be greater (not necessarily great as such), the workers are few….

> On Nov 13, 2016, at 11:28, Joseph Wright <joseph.wright at morningstar2.co.uk> wrote:
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> On 13/11/2016 15:49, Karljürgen Feuerherm wrote:
>> Well… does it have to be either/or, anyhow? Taking Apostolos’ last point, why not have a switch?
>> 
>> It makes sense to allow for cross-platform compatibility, but there’s no reason to think that *nobody* would appreciate an improved algorithm….
>> 
>> K
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> I'm not *against* an improved approach, but the work needed for 'a new
> implementation in pdfTeX, LuaTeX, XeTeX, ...' is greater than 'add
> more-or-less the current implementation from pdfTeX and LuaTeX to XeTeX,
> ...'.
> 
> Joseph
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