hi dan,
> What's the status of the mersenne twister code from the wiki? Is it
> available in the 5.9.2 release? Will it be included in the 5.9.3
> release? I think it seems like an excellent choice for the default
> random number generator.
actually it is in the 5.9.2 release. i'll put a note on the wiki to say that.
the functions related to it are make_random_state, set_random_state,
and random.
hth
robert dodier