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ArekKubinski opened this issue May 15, 2025 · 3 comments
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@ArekKubinski
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In the file READMIE.REDIST.BINS at the line 203 is a link to the website http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~wagnerr/MersenneTwister.html that has error message 403: Permission Denied

I expected to find working link.

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/cc @TimWolla Do you know where this document lives now?

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The comment in mt19937.c has a different URL that still works:

The following mt19937 algorithms are based on a C++ class MTRand by
Richard J. Wagner. For more information see the web page at
http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/VERSIONS/C-LANG/MersenneTwister.h

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It appears the comment in the C file references an older version (still LGPL licensed). Alternatively the Internet Archive can help out:

https://web.archive.org/web/20090131114830/http://www-personal.umich.edu/~wagnerr/MersenneTwister.html + https://web.archive.org/web/20081231091632/http://www-personal.umich.edu/~wagnerr/MersenneTwister.h

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