1# rand_xorshift 2 3[](https://travis-ci.org/rust-random/rngs) 4[](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/rust-random/rngs) 5[](https://crates.io/crates/rand_xorshift) 6[](https://rust-random.github.io/book/) 7[](https://rust-random.github.io/rand/rand_xorshift) 8[](https://docs.rs/rand_xorshift) 9[](https://github.com/rust-random/rngs#rust-version-requirements) 10 11Implements the Xorshift random number generator. 12 13The Xorshift[^1] algorithm is not suitable for cryptographic purposes 14but is very fast. If you do not know for sure that it fits your 15requirements, use a more secure one such as `StdRng` or `OsRng`. 16 17[^1]: Marsaglia, George (July 2003). 18 ["Xorshift RNGs"](https://www.jstatsoft.org/v08/i14/paper). 19 *Journal of Statistical Software*. Vol. 8 (Issue 14). 20 21Links: 22 23- [API documentation (master)](https://rust-random.github.io/rand/rand_xorshift) 24- [API documentation (docs.rs)](https://docs.rs/rand_xorshift) 25- [Changelog](https://github.com/rust-random/rngs/blob/master/rand_xorshift/CHANGELOG.md) 26 27[rand]: https://crates.io/crates/rand 28 29 30## Crate Features 31 32`rand_xorshift` is `no_std` compatible. It does not require any functionality 33outside of the `core` lib, thus there are no features to configure. 34 35The `serde1` feature includes implementations of `Serialize` and `Deserialize` 36for the included RNGs. 37 38 39## License 40 41`rand_xorshift` is distributed under the terms of both the MIT license and the 42Apache License (Version 2.0). 43 44See [LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) and [LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT), and 45[COPYRIGHT](COPYRIGHT) for details. 46
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