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Subject: Re: Fortran, no RAN ?
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On 2024-06-18 15:49:06 +0000, John Reagan said:

> I've seen the list.  It is very long and, er, random.

Good.


Might want to officially publish the list, too.


Some past RNG / PRNG / CPRNG shenanigans:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_number_generator_attack
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDRAND


For one of the indirectly-related cryptography-related cases, and 
particularly a case that fails hard with any re-use:
https://frereit.de/aes_gcm/


And a case of interpolating information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_tank_problem


For the DEC Fortran RAN extension, check that the compile command is 
allowing access to that not-a-pure-function function:
https://docs.vmssoftware.com/test-docs/vsi-fortran-for-openvms-language-reference-manual.pdf 



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