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on July 24, 2015
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A call to PHP's mt_rand generates only odd numbers
Yes, that's exactly what sensible RNG interfaces do, like std::random in C++. If your underlying engine only produces 32 bits at a time, it'll grab two of them when you request a 64-bit type.
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