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  2. MB-58204

Don't use the Mersenne Twister (std::mt19937) PRNG

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      The Mersenne Twister is slow, has an unnecessarily large state (~2.5 kB), and fails statistical tests (within seconds) that 8 byte PRNGs pass (after hours of testing).

      https://www.pcg-random.org/

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        # Subject Branch Project Status CR V
        207187,7 MB-58204: Add cb::PcgRandom master platform Status: NEW -1 +1

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            owend Daniel Owen
            pavlos.georgiou Pavlos Georgiou
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