Replace "crypto" with "entropic" Peter McGoron (05 May 2026 05:45 UTC)
Re: Replace "crypto" with "entropic" John Cowan (05 May 2026 06:15 UTC)
Re: Replace "crypto" with "entropic" Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe (06 May 2026 23:57 UTC)
Re: Replace "crypto" with "entropic" Peter McGoron (07 May 2026 12:11 UTC)
Re: Replace "crypto" with "entropic" John Cowan (07 May 2026 23:43 UTC)
Re: Replace "crypto" with "entropic" Ray Dillinger (15 May 2026 07:08 UTC)

Re: Replace "crypto" with "entropic" John Cowan 07 May 2026 23:43 UTC

On Thu, May 7, 2026 at 8:11 AM Peter McGoron <xxxxxx@mcgoron.com> wrote:

> I'm in favor of "anything except 'crypto"'. "Entropic," "nonrepeatable,"
> "unseedable," etc.

I favor "crypto" because it states the purpose of this library.  The
other library isn't just repeatable,it's also (hopefully) more
efficient.  If you don't need crypto-safe random numbers, you're
better off using the repeatable library even if you don't care about
repeatability.