Re: [boost] [uuid] uuid::create() is extremely slow

On 6/2/07, Thomas Sondergaard <ts_news1@sondergaard.cc> wrote:

Perhaps you could write a CAS/lock-free random number generator. I have no idea how difficult that would be, I just recently stumbled over the CAS/lock-free threading technique myself.

I understand CAS/lock-free (well, 'enough') - someone just needs to explain a good rand algorithm to me. Tony